Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
VS
AMD Radeon R5 M420
Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
VS
AMD Radeon R5 M420

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics and AMD Radeon R5 M420. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

245
Place in performance rating
862
Gen. 12 Xe
Architecture
GCN
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Code name
Jet
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Type
Laptop
31 October 2020 (1 year ago)
Release date
1 June 2016 (5 years ago)
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GPU code name
Jet
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics and AMD Radeon R5 M420 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
320
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Core clock speed
780 MHz
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Boost Clock
850 MHz
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Transistor count
690 million
10 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
79.20
Texture fill rate
17.00
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Floating-point performance
547.2 gflops
96
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
1650 MHz
Boost clock speed
850 MHz
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Number of transistors
690 million
25 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics and AMD Radeon R5 M420.

PCIe 4.0 x4
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics and AMD Radeon R5 M420 can be seen in this section.

LPDDR4x
Memory type
DDR3
4 MB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
4266 MHz
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
68.26 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
16 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics and AMD Radeon R5 M420, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics and AMD Radeon R5 M420. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

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DirectX
12 (11_1)
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OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics and AMD Radeon R5 M420 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics or AMD Radeon R5 M420 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
AMD Radeon R5 M420
Death Stranding (2020) Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
AMD Radeon R5 M420
F1 2020 (2020) Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
AMD Radeon R5 M420
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
AMD Radeon R5 M420
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
AMD Radeon R5 M420
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics

17.54% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (10 nm vs 28 nm)

More memory bandwidth (68.26 GB/s vs 16 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 M420

There is no accountable advantage

So, Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics or AMD Radeon R5 M420?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics .

Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics versus AMD Radeon R5 M420 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R5 M420