Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) vs Adreno X2-90
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
Tiger Lake GT2
Adreno X2-90
Adreno X2
We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) with 96 pipelines and 768 shaders against the 5 years and 2 months newer Adreno X2-90 that utilizes 12 pipelines and 2048 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Adreno X2-90
- Performs significantly better (up to 5.8x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
- 3.2x higher maximum theoretical performance (7.6 vs 2.4 TFLOPS)
- Has 2.7x more shading units (2048 vs 768)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 21 11 - - |
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| The Witcher 3 | 12 11 - - |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 19 12 9 - |
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| Far Cry 6 | 14 11 - - |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 9 - - - |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 14 12 10 - |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 11 - - - |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | - - - - |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 15 13 9 - |
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| 1080p High | 14 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 10 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | - | - |
| 4K Ultra | - | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 1282 | 3782 |
| Solar Bay | - | 24300 |
| Port Royal | - | 1592 |
| Fire Strike | 4411 | 10039 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 3119 | 9890 |
| Night Raid | 14097 | 57486 |
GeekBench 6 GPU Compute
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 34.5 img/sec | - |
| Face Detection | 27.4 img/sec | - |
| Horizon Detection | 0.75 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge Detection | 1.11 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.39 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature Matching | 0.18 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo Matching | 55.6 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle Physics | 3061.7 FPS | - |
| API | OpenCL | - |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | - | 592 |
| DirectX 11 | - | 57 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | - | 29 FPS |
| GPU Compute | - | 3638 Ops/s |
Recent User Tests
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-25 -> sevensrays | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 16620 |
| 📘 2026-04-15 -> maheshkondraju | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 15810 |
Adreno X2-90
No benchmark results yet
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 1428 | - |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 2420 | - |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 1551 | - |
| Face Detection (HP) | 3685 | - |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 6255 | - |
| Text Classification (SP) | 938 | - |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 1028 | - |
| Object Detection (SP) | 1581 | - |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 4305 | - |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 26119 | - |
| Framework | ONNX | - |
| Backend | DirectML | - |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) and Adreno X2-90General
| Vendor | Intel | Qualcomm |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | August 15, 2020 | September 25, 2025 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Generic |
| Segment | Entry-level | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Generation 12.1 | Adreno X2 |
| GPU Codename | Tiger Lake GT2 | Adreno X2 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 1160G7 or above | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Intel Core 7 250H - Intel Core 9 270H - Intel Core 7 150U - Intel Core i7 13705H - Intel Core i9 13905H - Intel Core i7 1355U - Intel Core i7 1365U - Intel Core i7 1360P - and 23 more |
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-90-100) - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100) - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-94-100) - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) |
Laptop GPU ranking (123rd and 34th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 950-1550 MHz (configurable) | 1700-1850 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 768 | 2048 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 48 | 128 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 24 | 64 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 96 | 12 |
| Tensor Cores | - | No |
| L2 Cache | 1024KB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 23-37 GPixel/s | 109-118 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 46-74 GTexel/s | 218-237 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Ring Bus | IGP |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
| Manufacturing | Intel | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 146 mm² | 220 mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Size | System RAM Dependent | - |
| Memory Clock | System RAM Dependent | - |
| Effective Memory Speed | System RAM Dependent | - |
| Bus | - | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | - | No |
| Ray Tracing | No | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | - | 1.4 |
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