Iris Xe MAX Graphics vs Radeon RX 460 1024SP

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated621
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data14.13
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code nameBaffinDG1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 January 2017 (7 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 cores1024768
Core clock speed1090 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz1650 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate76.8079.20
Floating-point processing power2.458 TFLOPS2.534 TFLOPS
ROPs1624
TMUs6448

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x4
Length170 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
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 typeGDDR5LPDDR4X
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2133 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s68.26 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 January 2017 31 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 25 Watt

Iris Xe MAX Graphics has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 460 1024SP and Iris Xe MAX Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 460 1024SP is a desktop card while Iris Xe MAX Graphics is a notebook one.


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