Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics

The Intel Iris Xe MAX (DG1 Low Power - LP or iDG1LPDEV) is a dedicated PCIe 4.0 mobile entry-level graphics card with 96 execution units (EUs) based on the Gen 12 architecture. Compared to the integrated Intel Iris Xe in the Tiger Lake CPUs, the Xe MAX offers 4 GB dedicated LPDDR4x graphics memory (68 GB/s versus 56 GB/s for the MX350) and higher clock speeds of 1.65 GHz (vs. 1.35 GHz). Both support DP4A DLBoost instructions to speed up AI tasks and two media engines (including AV1 decoding in hardware). Currently the GPU is only available for Tiger Lake based laptops and offers some possibilities to use the iGPU and dGPU together (using the Deep Link software framework). The GPU uses hybrid graphics to turn off the Xe MAX when not in used (display ports are routed through the iGPU, but the Xe MAX features four dedicated display ports in comparison the the Nvidia GeForce MX350).
Furthermore, Intel supports to shift TDP between the two chips for better CPU performance or balancing graphics workloads.
The gaming performance is on average slightly better than a fast Intel Iris Xe iGPU with plenty of TDP and cooling headroom. There are even some games where the iGPU is faster thanks to Deep Link and sharing power and cooling. Intel targets 1080p gaming with low to medium settings with the GPU and provided examples where the MAX is on par or better than a dedicated Nvidia GeForce MX350.
According to Intel, the GPU is mostly aimed at content creators that can make use of the additional compute units, AI (DP4a) acceleration or media encoders.
As the Iris Xe Graphics, the Xe MAX supports Variable Rate Shading, Adaptive Sync, Async Compute, DirectX 12.1, OpenGL 4.6 and OpenCL 2.
As the Tiger Lake CPUs, the Iris Xe MAX dGPU is manufactured in the modern 10nm SuperFin process at Intel. Intel aims the Max-GPU for laptops with a combined power budget of 35 Watt and up. The power consumption of the GPU alone is specified similar to the 25W of the GeForce MX350 (we guess including the graphics memory).
Manufacturer | Intel |
Codename | iDG1LPDEV |
Architecture | Gen. 12 Xe |
Pipelines | 96 - unified |
Core Speed | 1650 (Boost) MHz |
Memory Speed | 4266 MHz |
Memory Bus Width | 128 Bit |
Memory Type | LPDDR4x |
Max. Amount of Memory | 4 MB |
Shared Memory | no |
DirectX | DirectX 12.1 |
technology | 10 nm |
Date of Announcement | 31.10.2020 |
Benchmarks
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
16.8 pt (18%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 1825 avg: 1859 median: 1853 (10%) max: 1899 Points
GPU TDP ? | TDP 10 W |
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100% | 100% |
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 1697 avg: 1720 median: 1720 (9%) max: 1743 Points
GPU TDP ? | TDP 10 W |
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100% | 97% |
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 82964 avg: 177443 median: 177442 (28%) max: 271921 Points
GPU TDP ? | TDP 10 W |
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100% | 31% |
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
64040 Points (9%)
Model | CPU | GPU | RAM | Value |
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Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ-EC033TS  | i5-1135G7 | Xe MAX | 8 GB | 64040 |
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 18711 avg: 18983 median: 18982.5 (25%) max: 19254 Points
GPU TDP ? | TDP 10 W |
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97% | 100% |
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 34947 avg: 35970 median: 35970 (18%) max: 36993 Points
GPU TDP ? | TDP 10 W |
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100% | 94% |
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 5412 avg: 5866 median: 5577 (14%) max: 6610 Points
GPU TDP ? | TDP 10 W |
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100% | 89% |
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 6111 avg: 6222 median: 6222 (12%) max: 6333 Points
GPU TDP ? | TDP 10 W |
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100% | 96% |
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
115123 Points (15%)
Model | CPU | GPU | RAM | Value |
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Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ-EC033TS  | i5-1135G7 | Xe MAX | 8 GB | 115123 |
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 7720 avg: 7872 median: 7872 (19%) max: 8024 Points
GPU TDP ? | TDP 10 W |
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100% | 96% |
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 7804 avg: 8009 median: 8009 (14%) max: 8214 Points
GPU TDP ? | TDP 10 W |
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100% | 95% |
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +22466 Points (42%)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 -6%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1%
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AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 111%
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
18.8 fps (9%)
Model | CPU | GPU | RAM | Value |
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Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ-EC033TS  | i5-1135G7 | Xe MAX | 8 GB | 18.8 |
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SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
23.1 fps (10%)
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specvp12 snx-02 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
1 fps (0%)
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specvp12 showcase-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
22.3 fps (9%)
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specvp12 mediacal-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
11.8 fps (11%)
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specvp12 maya-04 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
39.6 fps (17%)
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specvp12 energy-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
0.5 fps (2%)
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specvp12 creo-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
10.3 fps (6%)
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specvp12 catia-04 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
43.4 fps (15%)
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SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
31.3 fps (14%)
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specvp13 snx-03 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
1.8 fps (0%)
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specvp13 showcase-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
22.4 fps (9%)
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specvp13 medical-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
15.3 fps (10%)
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specvp13 maya-05 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
46 fps (10%)
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specvp13 energy-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
6.4 fps (11%)
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specvp13 creo-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
11.9 fps (3%)
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specvp13 catia-05 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
66.4 fps (14%)
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specvp13 3dsmax-06 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
42.6 fps (13%)
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Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
11787 points (56%)
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Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
64.3 fps (27%)
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Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 92.1 avg: 98.6 median: 98.6 (28%) max: 105 fps
GPU TDP ? | TDP 10 W |
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100% | 88% |
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Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
97.8 % (98%)
GPU TDP ? | TDP 10 W |
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100% | 100% |
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
1161 Samples/s (12%)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
3073 Samples/s (10%)
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ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
3898 points (8%)
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Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
42.9 Watt (8%)
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Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
46.3 Watt (8%)
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Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
52.2 Watt (11%)
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Clock Speed - GPU Clock Speed Furmark
1200 MHz (48%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 110%
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Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
87.4 fps 95.2 fps [X] Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ-EC033TS 
1.47.22.14 D3D12
Intel Core i5-1135G7 2.4GHz
Xe MAX
min:
22.1 fps, P1:
49.2 fps, max:
420 fps
~ 91 fps
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