Intel Iris Xe vs AMD Radeon Vega 3

Compare Intel Iris Xe vs AMD Radeon Vega 3, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

974 points
777% significantly better overall score
111 points

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

24 FPS
21 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate
3 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

14 FPS
12 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate
2 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

15 FPS
13 FPS significantly higher City frame rate
2 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

10 FPS
9 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate
1 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Graphics score

3DMark Graphics score

High-end graphics benchmark

169 points
414 points
144% significantly higher 3DMark Graphics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.90 points
138% significantly higher Blender score
42.23 points
Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

14184 points
222% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score
4396 points
Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

14105 points
186% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score
4915 points
Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

11957 points
201% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score
3968 points
Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

16575 points
185% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score
5804 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

300 MHz
Identical
300 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1100 MHz
Identical
1100 MHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

15 W
Identical
15 W

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

13.2 Gigapixels/s
200% significantly higher pixel rate
4.4 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

26.4 Gigatexels/s
100% significantly higher texture rate
13.2 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

384
100% significantly more shading units
192

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

24
100% significantly more texture mapping units
12

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

12
200% significantly more render output processors
4

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

264th of 586
494th of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 September
2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
-

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0
12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.6
4.6

Iris Xe vs Radeon Vega 3 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark, the Iris Xe GPU is faster than the Radeon Vega 3 in gaming.

Our database shows that both the Iris Xe and Radeon Vega 3 both have the same core clock speed.

In addition, both the Iris Xe and the Radeon Vega 3 have an identical TDP. This is not a measure of performance, but rather the amount of heat generated by the chip when running at its highest speed.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the Iris Xe over the Radeon Vega 3.

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