Iris Xe Graphics MAX: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Iris Xe Graphics MAX provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 5.12% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.
Summary
Intel started Iris Xe Graphics MAX sales 31 October 2020. This is a desktop graphics card based on a Generation 12.1 architecture and made with 10 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 4 GB of LPDDR4X memory clocked at 4.3 GB/s are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 68.26 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is an integrated graphics card. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 25 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Iris Xe Graphics MAX: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | 623 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Power efficiency | 14.07 | of 100.00 (Radeon 890M) |
| Architecture | Generation 12.1 (2020−2021) | |
| GPU code name | DG1 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 31 October 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Iris Xe Graphics MAX's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Iris Xe Graphics MAX's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 768 | of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090) |
| Boost clock speed | 1650 MHz | of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 79.20 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.534 TFLOPS | of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090) |
| ROPs | 24 | of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX) |
| TMUs | 48 | of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Iris Xe Graphics MAX and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | |
| Width | IGP |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Iris Xe Graphics MAX: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 4.3 GB/s | of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 68.26 GB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Iris Xe Graphics MAX. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Iris Xe Graphics MAX, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.2 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Iris Xe Graphics MAX. 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.
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.
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Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Iris Xe Graphics MAX according to our statistics.
