Iris Xe Graphics MAX: specs and benchmarks
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.
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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 ranking | 676 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Power efficiency | 14.36 | 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 960 (GeForce GTX 660) |
| Boost clock speed | 1650 MHz | of 1000 (HD Graphics (Haswell)) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | of 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | of 235 (FirePro S9150) |
| Texture fill rate | 79.20 | of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.534 TFLOPS | of 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| ROPs | 24 | of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000) |
| TMUs | 48 | of 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).
| 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 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti) |
| Memory clock speed | 4.3 GB/s | of 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 68.26 GB/s | of 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 Connectors | No outputs |
API and SDK support
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.
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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