Iris Xe MAX Graphics vs FirePro W5130M

Place in the ranking	710	617
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	14.16
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code name	Tropo	DG1
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	2 October 2015 (9 years ago)	31 October 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	512	768
Core clock speed	900 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	1650 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	29.60	79.20
Floating-point processing power	0.9472 TFLOPS	2.534 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	24
TMUs	32	48

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x4

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	LPDDR4X
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	68.26 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

W5130M 3.65

Iris Xe MAX Graphics 5.11
+40%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

W5130M 1409

Iris Xe MAX Graphics 1971
+39.9%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

W5130M 3106

Iris Xe MAX Graphics 8214
+164%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

W5130M 2110

Iris Xe MAX Graphics 6333
+200%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

W5130M 14381

Iris Xe MAX Graphics 36993
+157%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	23 −17.4%	27 +17.4%
1440p	12−14 −41.7%	17 +41.7%
4K	10−12 −60%	16 +60%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

−157%

18−20
+157%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −850%	19 +850%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −350%	35−40 +350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −188%	21−24 +188%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −286%	27−30 +286%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −220%	30−35 +220%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −262%	75−80 +262%
Hitman 3	9−10 −167%	24 +167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −135%	60−65 +135%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −850%	57 +850%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −267%	33 +267%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −164%	35−40 +164%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −65.9%	65−70 +65.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −200%	6 +200%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −350%	35−40 +350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −188%	21−24 +188%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −286%	27−30 +286%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −220%	30−35 +220%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −262%	75−80 +262%
Hitman 3	9−10 −156%	23 +156%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −135%	60−65 +135%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −617%	43 +617%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −256%	30−35 +256%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −136%	33 +136%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	47 +62.1%	27−30 −62.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −65.9%	65−70 +65.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −188%	21−24 +188%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −286%	27−30 +286%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −262%	75−80 +262%
Hitman 3	9−10 −133%	21 +133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 +0%	26 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −107%	29 +107%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −20%	18 +20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −65.9%	65−70 +65.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

−178%

25
+178%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −267%	21−24 +267%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −183%	16−18 +183%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −267%	10−12 +267%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −225%	12−14 +225%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −2600%	50−55 +2600%
Hitman 3	8−9 −75%	14−16 +75%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −156%	21−24 +156%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −267%	10−12 +267%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −227%	70−75 +227%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−171%

18−20
+171%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −450%	10−12 +450%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	1−2
Far Cry 5	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−175%

10−12
+175%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20 +0%	20 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Metro Exodus	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	11 +0%	11 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

+0%

This is how W5130M and Iris Xe MAX Graphics compete in popular games:

Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 17% faster in 1080p
Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 42% faster in 1440p
Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 60% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the W5130M is 62% faster.
in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 2600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

W5130M is ahead in 1 test (1%)
Iris Xe MAX Graphics is ahead in 61 test (86%)
there's a draw in 9 tests (13%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.65	5.11
Recency	2 October 2015	31 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	10 nm

Iris Xe MAX Graphics has a 40% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The Iris Xe MAX Graphics is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W5130M in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W5130M is a mobile workstation card while Iris Xe MAX Graphics is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.