Intel’s Iris Xe Max makes another benchmark appearance before making a retail debut in December (inside Acer’s Swift 3X).
It is only a matter of time before we see how Intel’s Iris Xe Max graphics performs in the real world, perhaps starting with Acer’s recently announced Swift 3X, the first Tiger Lake laptop to flex Intel’s discrete GPU. For now, however, leaked benchmarks are the only place to find some numbers, and so it goes with a couple of new listings on Geekbench. We have not heard a whole lot about Iris Xe Max, and it was a bit of a surprise revelation when the first reference to the new part showed up in promotional video last night, which highlighted Intel’s refreshed branding logos. That little blip between the 36 and 37 second mark served as confirmation that it exists, followed by Acer’s Swift 3X announcement earlier this week. Interestingly, the Swift 3X mates the Xe Max graphics to 4GB of LPDDR4X memory dedicated to the GPU (according to the fine print in the press announcement).
