Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (64EU) vs Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (64EU) with 64 pipelines and 512 shaders against the 4 years and 7 months newer Arc iGPU (4-Cores) that utilizes 64 pipelines and 512 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of Arc iGPU (4-Cores) over Iris Plus Graphics G7 (64EU)
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
  • 82% higher maximum theoretical performance (2 vs 1.1 TFLOPS)
  • Ray-tracing support with 4 dedicated RT cores
  • Achieves 88% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (16K vs 8K)

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur 17.7 img/sec 37.6 img/sec
Face Detection 11.1 img/sec 17.2 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.33 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 0.46 Gpixels/sec 0.63 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 0.34 Gpixels/sec 0.94 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.1 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 24.6 Gpixels/sec 60 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 1496 FPS 3695.9 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) 634 2902
Image Segmentation (HP) 1141 5473
Image Super Resolution (Q) 1097 2967
Face Detection (HP) 1794 6068
Pose Estimation (Q) 4362 8220
Text Classification (SP) 414 609
Machine Translation (HP) 649 1146
Object Detection (SP) 783 2766
Depth Estimation (Q) 2355 6405
Style Transfer (SP) 13058 26796
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (64EU) and Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Build Integrated Integrated
Released May 28, 2019 December 14, 2023
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Generic
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Generation 11 Xe LPG
GPU Codename Ice Lake G7 Gen. 11 -
Rival Equivalent - - Radeon 740M
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 1035G1 or above - Intel Core Ultra 5 125U or above
Used in CPUs - Intel Core i7 1068NG7
- Intel Core i5 1035G7
- Intel Core i7 1065G7
- Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX
- Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus
- Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus
- Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
- Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
- Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
- Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
- Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
- and 12 more
Laptop GPU ranking (118th and 96th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 1050-1100 MHz (configurable) 1750-2000 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 512 512
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 32 32
Render Output Units (ROPs) 8 16
Compute Units (Pipelines) 64 64
Tensor Cores No -
Ray-tracing Cores No 4
L1 Cache - 768KB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 8-9 GPixel/s 28-32 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 34-35 GTexel/s 56-64 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
1.8-2 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Ring Bus Ring Bus
TGP 15 W 14 W
Manufacturing Intel TSMC
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
Max. Temperature 100°C -

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
Memory Size System RAM Dependent -
Memory Clock System RAM Dependent -
Effective Memory Speed System RAM Dependent -
ECC No -

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 2.2 3.0
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort - 2.1

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