Intel UHD Graphics 620 vs Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
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Intel UHD Graphics 620
Whiskey Lake GT2
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
Tiger Lake GT2
We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel UHD Graphics 620 with 24 pipelines and 192 shaders against the 1 year and 11 months newer Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) that utilizes 96 pipelines and 768 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 Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
- Performs significantly better (up to 2.7x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 6x higher maximum theoretical performance (2.4 vs 0.4 TFLOPS)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 10 nm process technology
- Achieves 3.3x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (17K vs 5K)
- Has 4x more shading units (768 vs 192)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 10 - - - |
21 11 - - |
| The Witcher 3 | - | 12 11 - - |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 11 - - - |
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 - |
| 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 | 361 | 1282 |
| Fire Strike | 1148 | 4411 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 772 | 3119 |
| Night Raid | 5100 | 14097 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 10.4 img/sec | 34.5 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 6.19 img/sec | 27.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.19 Gpixels/sec | 0.75 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 0.27 Gpixels/sec | 1.11 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.18 Gpixels/sec | 0.39 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.07 Gpixels/sec | 0.18 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 20.8 Gpixels/sec | 55.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 769 FPS | 3061.7 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 234 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 8 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 5 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 433 Ops/s | - |
Recent User Tests
Intel UHD Graphics 620
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-03 (Mike) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 4394 |
| 📘 2026-02-23 (UTYONE) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 4895 |
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-25 -> op1 | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 16849 |
| 📘 2026-07-25 -> sevensrays | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 16620 |
| 📘 2026-04-15 -> maheshkondraju | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 15810 |
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 UHD Graphics 620 and Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | August 28, 2018 | August 15, 2020 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Generic |
| Segment | Entry-level | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Generation 9.5 | Generation 12.1 |
| GPU Codename | Whiskey Lake GT2 | Tiger Lake GT2 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 8265U or above | - Intel Core i7 1160G7 or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Intel Core i5 10310U - Intel Core i7 10610U - Intel Core i7 10810U - Intel Core i5 8365U - Intel Core i7 8665U - Intel Core i3 10110U - Intel Core i5 8350U - Intel Core i7 8650U - and 7 more |
- 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 |
Laptop GPU ranking (143rd and 128th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1000-1150 MHz (configurable) | 950-1550 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 192 | 768 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 24 | 48 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 3 | 24 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 24 | 96 |
| L2 Cache | - | 1024KB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 3 GPixel/s | 23-37 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 24-28 GTexel/s | 46-74 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Ring Bus | Ring Bus |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
| Manufacturing | Intel | Intel |
| Fabrication Process | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| Die Size | 49 mm² | 146 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 0.19 billion | - |
| Transistor Density | 3.88 MTr/mm² | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Size | System RAM Dependent | System RAM Dependent |
| Memory Clock | System RAM Dependent | System RAM Dependent |
| Effective Memory Speed | System RAM Dependent | System RAM Dependent |
| ECC | No | No |
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.103 | 1.2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Ray Tracing | No | No |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.2 | - |
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