Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) vs Radeon RX 6700
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 92 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 19.78 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) | Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022) |
| GPU code name | Navi 22 | Alder Lake Xe |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 9 June 2021 (4 years ago) | 4 January 2022 (3 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 cores | 2304 | 64 |
| Core clock speed | 1941 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2450 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 17,200 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 175 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 352.8 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 11.29 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 64 | no data |
| TMUs | 144 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 36 | no data |
| L0 Cache | 576 KB | no data |
| L1 Cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 3 MB | no data |
| L3 Cache | 80 MB | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | no data |
| Length | 267 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 | GDDR6 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 10 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 160 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 320.0 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Quick Sync | no data | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | DirectX 12_1 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 June 2021 | 4 January 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 10 nm |
RX 6700 has a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6700 and Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake). We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX 6700 is a desktop graphics card while Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) is a notebook one.
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