Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs vs Radeon RX 590 GME

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	501
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	Polaris 20	Tiger Lake Xe
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	9 March 2020 (4 years ago)	15 August 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	$1163	no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2304	80
Core clock speed	no data	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	1420 MHz	1350 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	28 Watt
Texture fill rate	204.5	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 590 GME and Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	8 GB/s	no data
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

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 Connectors	1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync

no data

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12_1
Shader Model	6.7	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.1	no data
Vulkan	1.3	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	9 March 2020	15 August 2020
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	28 Watt

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