Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs ATI Radeon 9500

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated617
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data14.21
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2007)Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code nameR300DG1
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 March 2003 (21 year 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 coresno data768
Core clock speed275 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1650 MHz
Number of transistors110 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate1.10079.20
Floating-point processing powerno data2.534 TFLOPS
ROPs424
TMUs448

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x4
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDRLPDDR4X
Maximum RAM amount64 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed270 MHz4.3 GB/s
Memory bandwidth17.28 GB/s68.26 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0 (9_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

ATI 9500 36
Iris Xe Graphics MAX 1971
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Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2003 31 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 25 Watt

ATI 9500 has 108.3% lower power consumption.

Iris Xe Graphics MAX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 17 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9500 and Iris Xe Graphics MAX. We've got no test results to judge.


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