Intel UHD 600 vs Intel Iris Xe MAX

Compare Intel UHD 600 vs Intel Iris Xe MAX, 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

1326 points

78% significantly better overall score

742 points

Flux Core frame rate

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

25 FPS

5 FPS slightly higher Flux Core frame rate

20 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

24 FPS

16 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

8 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

24 FPS

12 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

12 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

21 FPS

13 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

8 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

1297 points

17398 points

1241% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

1343 points

15155 points

1028% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

998 points

14058 points

1308% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

1178 points

17892 points

1418% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

200 MHz

300 MHz

49% significantly higher core clock speed

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

650 MHz

1650 MHz

153% significantly higher boost clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

5 W

400% significantly lower TDP

25 W

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

1.3 Gigapixels/s

39.6 Gigapixels/s

2946% significantly higher pixel rate

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

7.8 Gigatexels/s

79.2 Gigatexels/s

915% significantly higher texture rate

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

768

700% significantly more shading units

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

300% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

1100% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

247th of 597

291st of 597

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 December

2020 October

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

LPDDR4X

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.6

UHD 600 vs Iris Xe MAX comparison

For gaming, the UHD 600 graphics card is better than the Iris Xe MAX in our tests.

The Iris Xe MAX has a significantly higher core clock speed. This is the frequency at which the graphics core is running at. While not necessarily an indicator of overall performance, this metric can be useful when comparing two GPUs based on the same architecture. In addition, the Iris Xe MAX also has a significantly higher boost clock speed. This is a frequency that can be reached if the GPU is cooled sufficiently and has enough power.

In addition, the UHD 600 has a significantly lower TDP at 5 W when compared to the Iris Xe MAX at 25 W. Heat output doesn't match power consumption directly but, it's a good estimate.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the UHD 600 over the Iris Xe MAX.