Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) vs Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) with 96 pipelines and 768 shaders against the 3 years and 4 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 Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
  • 20% higher maximum theoretical performance (2.4 vs 2 TFLOPS)
  • Has 50% more shading units (768 vs 512)
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
21
11
-
-
-
The Witcher 3
12
11
-
-
-
Counter-Strike 2
19
12
9
-
-
Far Cry 6
14
11
-
-
-
Hogwarts Legacy
9
-
-
-
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III
14
12
10
-
-
Ghost of Tsushima
11
-
-
-
-
Cyberpunk 2077
-
-
-
-
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
15
13
9
-
-
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 14 -
1080p Ultra 10 -
1440p Ultra - -
4K Ultra - -
Margin of Error Low High

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Time Spy 1282 -
Fire Strike 4411 -
Wild Life Extreme 3119 -
Night Raid 14097 -
Sources: 3DMark [1]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur 34.5 img/sec 37.6 img/sec
Face Detection 27.4 img/sec 17.2 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.75 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.11 Gpixels/sec 0.63 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 0.39 Gpixels/sec 0.94 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.18 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 55.6 Gpixels/sec 60 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 3061.7 FPS 3695.9 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-25 -> sevensraysGeekBench16620
📘 2026-04-15 -> maheshkondrajuGeekBench15810
Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
No benchmark results yet

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) 1428 2902
Image Segmentation (HP) 2420 5473
Image Super Resolution (Q) 1551 2967
Face Detection (HP) 3685 6068
Pose Estimation (Q) 6255 8220
Text Classification (SP) 938 609
Machine Translation (HP) 1028 1146
Object Detection (SP) 1581 2766
Depth Estimation (Q) 4305 6405
Style Transfer (SP) 26119 26796
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) and Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Build Integrated Integrated
Released August 15, 2020 December 14, 2023
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Generic
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Generation 12.1 Xe LPG
GPU Codename Tiger Lake GT2 -
Rival Equivalent - - Radeon 740M
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i7 1160G7 or above - Intel Core Ultra 5 125U 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
- 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 (123rd and 96th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 950-1550 MHz (configurable) 1750-2000 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 768 512
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 48 32
Render Output Units (ROPs) 24 16
Compute Units (Pipelines) 96 64
Ray-tracing Cores - 4
L1 Cache - 768KB shared
L2 Cache 1024KB shared -
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 23-37 GPixel/s 28-32 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 46-74 GTexel/s 56-64 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
1.5-2.4 TFLOPS
1.8-2 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Ring Bus Ring Bus
TGP 15 W 14 W
Manufacturing Intel TSMC
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
Die Size 146 mm² -

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 1.2 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.1 3.0
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort - 2.1

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5 (29.4%)
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Total votes: 17

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