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%)

AMD Radeon HD 8180 -92%

...

NVIDIA Quadro P620 -9%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) -8%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M SLI -8%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M SLI -7%

NVIDIA Quadro K5000M -7%

NVIDIA Quadro M620 -6%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q -5%

AMD Radeon R9 M290X -4%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M -3%

Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 1%

AMD Radeon HD 7970M 1%

AMD Radeon HD 6870 1%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 1%

NVIDIA Quadro K5100M 7%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M 10%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 12%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 15%

AMD FirePro W7170M 15%

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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 462%

100%

3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score

min: 1825 avg: 1859 median: 1853 (10%) max: 1899 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Acer Swift 3X	i7-1165G7	Xe MAX 4 GB	16 GB	1825
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	1853
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ-EC033TS	i5-1135G7	Xe MAX	8 GB	1899

GPU TDP ?	TDP 10 W
100%	100%

3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics

min: 1697 avg: 1720 median: 1720 (9%) max: 1743 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	1697
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ-EC033TS	i5-1135G7	Xe MAX	8 GB	1743

GPU TDP ?	TDP 10 W
100%	97%

Intel UHD Graphics 600 -94%

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NVIDIA GeForce MX350 -23%

AMD Radeon Pro 560 -20%

NVIDIA Quadro P620 -19%

NVIDIA Quadro P1000 -19%

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs -17%

AMD Radeon R7 370 -16%

AMD Radeon Pro 560X -6%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q -6%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile -3%

Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics

NVIDIA Quadro M2200 0%

AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) 1%

NVIDIA GeForce MX450 3%

AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) 4%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) 4%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M 5%

NVIDIA T500 Mobile 13%

NVIDIA Quadro P2000 19%

NVIDIA Quadro P2000 Max-Q 19%

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 1017%

100%

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics

min: 82964 avg: 177443 median: 177442 (28%) max: 271921 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	82964
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ-EC033TS	i5-1135G7	Xe MAX	8 GB	271921

GPU TDP ?	TDP 10 W
100%	31%

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics

64040 Points (9%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ-EC033TS	i5-1135G7	Xe MAX	8 GB	64040

3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score

min: 18711 avg: 18983 median: 18982.5 (25%) max: 19254 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ-EC033TS	i5-1135G7	Xe MAX	8 GB	18711
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	19254

GPU TDP ?	TDP 10 W
97%	100%

3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics

min: 34947 avg: 35970 median: 35970 (18%) max: 36993 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	34947
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ-EC033TS	i5-1135G7	Xe MAX	8 GB	36993

GPU TDP ?	TDP 10 W
100%	94%

3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score

min: 5412 avg: 5866 median: 5577 (14%) max: 6610 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	5412
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ-EC033TS	i5-1135G7	Xe MAX	8 GB	5577
Acer Swift 3X	i7-1165G7	Xe MAX 4 GB	16 GB	6610

GPU TDP ?	TDP 10 W
100%	89%

3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics

min: 6111 avg: 6222 median: 6222 (12%) max: 6333 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	6111
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ-EC033TS	i5-1135G7	Xe MAX	8 GB	6333

GPU TDP ?	TDP 10 W
100%	96%

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics

115123 Points (15%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ-EC033TS	i5-1135G7	Xe MAX	8 GB	115123

3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score

min: 7720 avg: 7872 median: 7872 (19%) max: 8024 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	7720
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ-EC033TS	i5-1135G7	Xe MAX	8 GB	8024

GPU TDP ?	TDP 10 W
100%	96%

3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU

min: 7804 avg: 8009 median: 8009 (14%) max: 8214 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	7804
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ-EC033TS	i5-1135G7	Xe MAX	8 GB	8214

GPU TDP ?	TDP 10 W
100%	95%

AMD Radeon HD 6250 -98%

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AMD Radeon Pro 560X -5%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile -4%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M -4%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 -3%

AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) -3%

AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) -1%

NVIDIA GeForce MX450 -1%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M SLI -1%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 -1%

Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics

NVIDIA T500 Mobile 1%

NVIDIA Quadro P2000 Max-Q 2%

NVIDIA Quadro M3000M 3%

AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop) 4%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 4%

NVIDIA Quadro P2000 5%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 5%

AMD Radeon R7 370 6%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M 7%

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AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 638%

100%

3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	22466

Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX

18.8 fps (9%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ-EC033TS	i5-1135G7	Xe MAX	8 GB	18.8

SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	23.14

specvp12 snx-02 +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	0.98

specvp12 showcase-01 +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	22.3

specvp12 mediacal-01 +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	11.77

specvp12 maya-04 +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	39.56

specvp12 energy-01 +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	0.54

specvp12 creo-01 +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	10.27

specvp12 catia-04 +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	43.37

SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	31.34

specvp13 snx-03 +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	1.76

specvp13 showcase-02 +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	22.44

specvp13 medical-02 +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	15.31

specvp13 maya-05 +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	45.99

specvp13 energy-02 +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	6.41

specvp13 creo-02 +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	11.86

specvp13 catia-05 +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	66.41

specvp13 3dsmax-06 +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	42.62

Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	11787

Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	64.31

Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	92.1
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ-EC033TS	i5-1135G7	Xe MAX	8 GB	105

GPU TDP ?	TDP 10 W
100%	88%

Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ-EC033TS	i5-1135G7	Xe MAX	8 GB	97.8
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	97.8

GPU TDP ?	TDP 10 W
100%	100%

LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU

1161 Samples/s (12%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	1161

LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU

3073 Samples/s (10%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	3073

ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result

3898 points (8%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7506 2-in-1 Black Edition	i7-1165G7 60 W / 28 W	Xe MAX 10 W 1650 / 2133 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	3898

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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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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.

Strange Brigade

2018

87.4 ^fps 95.2 ^fps ~ 91 fps + Compare

39.1 ^fps