GPU Comparison

AMD

RADEON

AMD Radeon RX 6500M

CORE STATE Navi 24

VRAM 4 GB

CLOCK SPEED 2400 MHz

TDP 50 W

BUS WIDTH 64 bit

ARCHITECTURE RDNA 2.0

PROCESS 6 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

Intel

GPU

Iris Xe MAX Graphics

CORE STATE DG1

VRAM 4 GB

CLOCK SPEED 1650 MHz

TDP 25 W

BUS WIDTH 128 bit

ARCHITECTURE Generation 12.1

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2020

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

geekbench_opencl

38,586

14,315

geekbench_vulkan

43,837

N/A

passmark_directx_10

N/A

passmark_directx_11

N/A

passmark_directx_12

N/A

passmark_directx_9

N/A

passmark_g2d

385

N/A

passmark_g3d

7,531

N/A

passmark_gpu_compute

2,669

N/A

Analysis: AMD Radeon RX 6500M vs Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics

Throughout this graphics card showdown, RX 6500 (AMD) establishes its superiority convincingly. If you're rendering at 1440p, RX 6500 (AMD) reliably beats Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics by substantial margins. This performance delta expands notably wider at increased resolutions. This GPU manages resource-hungry scenarios with efficiency. The technical superiority are obvious.

When it comes to hardware ray tracing, RX 6500 (AMD) jumps significantly forward of Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics. The dedicated units execute intensive global illumination calculations far more efficiently. Enthusiasts looking for modern effects will strongly favor RX 6500 (AMD). The ray tracing capability is notable. Contemporary titles increasingly leverage hardware RT capabilities.

To summarize, RX 6500 (AMD) provides the better option in this evaluation. Its frame rate leads justify evaluation for anyone assembling a powerful rendering system. Though Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics possesses its advantages, the score data definitely favors RX 6500 (AMD). Reach your conclusion considering this. The gaming margin is significant enough to influence.

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

RX 6500M

Iris Xe MAX Graphics

Core Specs

Shading Units

1,024

768 -25.0%

Shaders

1,024

768 -25.0%

TMUs

48 -25.0%

ROPs

24 -25.0%

Compute Units

—

Execution Units

—

Clocks

Base Clock

2000 MHz

300 MHz

Boost Clock

2400 MHz

1650 MHz

Game Clock

2191 MHz

—

Memory Clock

2250 MHz 18 Gbps effective

2133 MHz 4.3 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size

4 GB

VRAM (MB)

4,096

4,096 0.0%

Memory Type

GDDR6

LPDDR4X

Memory Bus

64 bit

128 bit

Bandwidth

144.0 GB/s

68.26 GB/s

Cache

L1 Cache

128 KB per Array

—

L2 Cache

1024 KB

L3 Cache

16 MB

L0 Cache

32 KB per WGP

—

Performance

Pixel Rate

76.80 GPixel/s

39.60 GPixel/s

Texture Rate

153.6 GTexel/s

79.20 GTexel/s

FP32 (TFLOPS)

4.915 TFLOPS

2.534 TFLOPS

FP64 (TFLOPS)

307.2 GFLOPS (1:16)

633.6 GFLOPS (1:4)

FP16 (TFLOPS)

9.830 TFLOPS (2:1)

5.069 TFLOPS (2:1)

AI/RT

RT Cores

—

Power

TDP

50 W

25 W

TDP (W)

25 -50.0%

Suggested PSU

—

200 W

Power Connectors

None

—

Architecture

RDNA 2.0

Generation 12.1

GPU Name

Navi 24

DG1

Generation

Navi Mobile (RX 6000M)

Xe Graphics

Process Size

6 nm

10 nm

Transistors

5,400 million

—

Die Size

107 mm²

95 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Density

50.5M / mm²

—

API Support

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

12 (12_1)

OpenGL

4.6

Vulkan

1.4

OpenCL

2.2

3.0

Shader Model

6.8

6.6

Physical

Slot Width

IGP

Outputs

Portable Device Dependent

No outputs

Bus Interface

PCIe 4.0 x4

PCIe 4.0 x8

Other

Production

End-of-life

Predecessor

Polaris Mobile

Graphics

Successor

—

Alchemist

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GPU Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 6500M

Iris Xe MAX Graphics

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

Analysis: AMD Radeon RX 6500M vs Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

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