Iris Xe Graphics MAX: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Iris Xe Graphics MAX provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 4.46% of a leader's which is RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell.

Summary

Intel started Iris Xe Graphics MAX sales 31 October 2020. This is a Generation 12.1 architecture desktop card based on 10 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 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 ranking675
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Power efficiency14.36of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureGeneration 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code nameDG1
Market segmentDesktop
Release date31 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 cores768of 960 (GeForce GTX 660)
Boost clock speed1650 MHzof 1000 (HD Graphics (Haswell))
Manufacturing process technology10 nmof 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)25 Wattof 235 (FirePro S9150)
Texture fill rate79.20of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
Floating-point processing power2.534 TFLOPSof 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
ROPs24of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs48of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350)

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4
WidthIGP

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 typeLPDDR4X
Maximum RAM amount4 GBof 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width128 Bitof 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti)
Memory clock speed4.3 GB/sof 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile)
Memory bandwidth68.26 GB/sof 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080)

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 ConnectorsNo outputs

API and SDK support

APIs supported by Iris Xe Graphics MAX, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.4
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL3.0
Vulkan1.2

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.

Iris Xe Graphics MAX
4.46

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.

Iris Xe Graphics MAX Samples: 7 1971

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Iris Xe Graphics MAX is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Closest competitors

Iris Xe Graphics MAX's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.


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