AMD Radeon RX 560 vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 560, vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 560 and Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
34
17
15
n/a
21
10
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
15
15
9
n/a
13
10
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
33
19
15
n/a
20
11
9
n/a
Far Cry 6
28
19
13
n/a
14
11
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
13
11
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
26
22
17
9
13
11
10
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
13
9
n/a
n/a
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
12
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
23
19
13
n/a
13
11
9
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High2213
1080p Ultra169
1440p Ultra11-
4K Ultra--
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 560
1769
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
882
Time Spy18571291
Fire Strike64954470
Night Raid2551014228
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 560
19139
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
17326
Background Blur34 frames/s34.5 frames/s
Face Detection17.6 frames/s27.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.69 Gpix/sec0.75 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.43 Gpix/sec1.11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.15 Gpix/sec0.39 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.2 Gpix/sec0.18 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching65.5 Gpix/sec55.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics2232.5 fps3061.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 560
3657
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
n/a
G2D Mark487n/a
DirectX 1124 fpsn/a
DirectX 1220 fpsn/a
GPU Compute1449 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 560
25.5 fps
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)144.3 fpsn/a
APIVulkann/a
OSWindowsn/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced April, 18, 2017 August, 15, 2020
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture GCN 4.0 Generation 12.1
Codename Polaris 21 Tiger Lake GT2
Price 99 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1175 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1275 MHz 950-1550 MHz
Shader Units 1024 768
TMUs 64 48
ROPs 16 24
Execution Units n/a 96
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 16 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 20 Gpix/sec 23-37 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 82 GTex/s 46-74 GTex/s
FLOPS 2.6 TFLOPS 1.5-2.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 Ring Bus
TGP 75 W 15 W
Process GlobalFoundries Intel
Process tech. 14 nm 10 nm
Transistor Size 123 mm² 146 mm²
Transistor count 3 billion n/a
Transistor density 24.39 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz n/a
Bus 128 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 4 GB n/a
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 560
112 GB/s
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
3 (60%)
2 (40%)
Total Votes: 5

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