Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) vs Arc iGPU (8-Cores)
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
Tiger Lake GT2
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 (8-Cores) that utilizes 128 pipelines and 1024 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
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
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores)
- 2x higher maximum theoretical performance (4.8 vs 2.4 TFLOPS)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Achieves 74% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (30K vs 17K)
- Has 33% more shading units (1024 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 | High |
Benchmarks
Graphics cardsβ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 1282 | - |
| Fire Strike | 4411 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 3119 | - |
| Night Raid | 14097 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 34.5 img/sec | 66.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 27.4 img/sec | 28.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.75 Gpixels/sec | 0.87 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 1.11 Gpixels/sec | 1.24 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.39 Gpixels/sec | 1.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.18 Gpixels/sec | 0.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 55.6 Gpixels/sec | 102.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 3061.7 FPS | 6543.8 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Recent User Tests
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-25 -> op1 | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 16849 |
| π 2026-07-25 -> sevensrays | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 16620 |
| π 2026-04-15 -> maheshkondraju | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 15810 |
Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-02-22 (Catt) | Steel Nomad Light | 2669 |
| π 2026-01-15 (Ak-Dev) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 64108 |
| π 2025-11-08 (Anuj) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 35379 |
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 | 2540 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 2420 | 7387 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 1551 | 4047 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 3685 | 8563 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 6255 | 11171 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 938 | 819 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 1028 | 2228 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 1581 | 2725 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 4305 | 7794 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 26119 | 34572 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) and Arc iGPU (8-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 140V |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 1160G7 or above | - Intel Core Ultra 5 135H 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 135H - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - Intel Core Ultra 7 165H - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H |
Laptop GPU ranking (125th and 86th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 950-1550 MHz (configurable) | 2200-2350 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 768 | 1024 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 48 | 64 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 24 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 96 | 128 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | - | 8 |
| L1 Cache | - | 1536KB shared |
| L2 Cache | 1024KB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 23-37 GPixel/s | 70-75 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 46-74 GTexel/s | 141-150 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Ring Bus | Ring Bus |
| TGP | 15 W | 28 W |
| Manufacturing | Intel | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 146 mmΒ² | - |
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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