Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) vs Arc iGPU (7-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 5 months newer Arc iGPU (7-Cores) that utilizes 112 pipelines and 896 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 (7-Cores) over Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc iGPU (7-Cores)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
  • 63% higher maximum theoretical performance (3.9 vs 2.4 TFLOPS)
  • Achieves 57% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (27K vs 17K)

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 44.2 img/sec
Face Detection 27.4 img/sec 21.3 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.75 Gpixels/sec 0.92 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.11 Gpixels/sec 1.04 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 0.39 Gpixels/sec 1.86 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.18 Gpixels/sec 0.32 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 55.6 Gpixels/sec 115.8 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 3061.7 FPS 5380.5 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
📘 2026-09-25 -> op1Geekbench 6 OpenCL16849
📘 2026-07-25 -> sevensraysGeekbench 6 OpenCL16620
📘 2026-04-15 -> maheshkondrajuGeekbench 6 OpenCL15810
Intel Arc iGPU (7-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 2092
Image Segmentation (HP) 2420 5680
Image Super Resolution (Q) 1551 3418
Face Detection (HP) 3685 7436
Pose Estimation (Q) 6255 11114
Text Classification (SP) 938 732
Machine Translation (HP) 1028 1896
Object Detection (SP) 1581 2158
Depth Estimation (Q) 4305 6898
Style Transfer (SP) 26119 39845
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) and Arc iGPU (7-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 760M
Successor - - Intel Arc 130V
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i7 1160G7 or above - Intel Core Ultra 5 125H 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 5 125H
Laptop GPU ranking (124th and 84th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 950-1550 MHz (configurable) 2200 MHz
Shading Units 768 896
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 48 56
Render Output Units (ROPs) 24 24
Compute Units (Pipelines) 96 112
Ray-tracing Cores - 7
L1 Cache - 1344KB shared
L2 Cache 1024KB shared -
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 23-37 GPixel/s 53 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 46-74 GTexel/s 123 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
3.9 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Ring Bus Ring Bus
TGP 15 W 28 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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