Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) vs Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) with 64 pipelines and 512 shaders against the 1 year and 5 months older Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) that utilizes 80 pipelines and 640 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 Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) over UHD Graphics (64 EU)
Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
  • Performs better (up to 19%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 27% higher maximum theoretical performance (1.9 vs 1.5 TFLOPS)
  • Has 25% more shading units (640 vs 512)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
18
-
-
-
21
10
-
-
The Witcher 3
11
9
-
-
12
9
-
-
Counter-Strike 2
18
10
9
-
16
11
9
-
Far Cry 6
11
-
-
-
13
10
-
-
Hogwarts Legacy
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III
12
10
-
-
12
12
10
-
Ghost of Tsushima
10
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
11
10
-
-
12
12
-
-
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 12 12
1080p Ultra - 9
1440p Ultra - -
4K Ultra - -
Margin of Error Low Medium

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 1016 1230
Fire Strike 3342 4196
Wild Life Extreme 2378 2124
Night Raid 13315 15167
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur 27.6 img/sec 31 img/sec
Face Detection 19.2 img/sec 23.3 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.52 Gpixels/sec 0.61 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 0.76 Gpixels/sec 0.87 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 0.37 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.14 Gpixels/sec 0.15 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 33 Gpixels/sec 36.1 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 2055.2 FPS 2493.2 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G2D Mark - 392
DirectX 11 - 16 FPS
DirectX 12 - 12 FPS
GPU Compute - 1158 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5]69410 samples

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) 1170 1149
Image Segmentation (HP) 1951 1796
Image Super Resolution (Q) 1359 1394
Face Detection (HP) 2991 2775
Pose Estimation (Q) 5311 5476
Text Classification (SP) 984 981
Machine Translation (HP) 1138 905
Object Detection (SP) 1273 1277
Depth Estimation (Q) 3655 3737
Style Transfer (SP) 19706 22348
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) and Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Build Integrated Integrated
Released January 4, 2022 August 15, 2020
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Generic
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Xe architecture (Gen12) Generation 12.1
GPU Codename Alder Lake GT1 Tiger Lake GT2
Rival Equivalent - Radeon 660M -
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i3 1215U or above - Intel Core i5 1130G7 or above
Used in CPUs - Intel Core 7 240H
- Intel Core 3 100U
- Intel Core i3 1305U
- Intel Core i3 1315U
- Intel Core i7 13620H
- Intel Core i3 1220P
- Intel Core i3 1215U
- Intel Core i7 12650H
- Intel Core 5 220U
- Intel Core 5 220H
- Intel Core i5 1334U
- Intel Core 5 120U
- Intel Core i5 1335U
- Intel Core i5 1345U
- Intel Core i5 1340P
- Intel Core i5 13500H
- and 14 more
Laptop GPU ranking (130th and 132nd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 850-1500 MHz (configurable) 850-1500 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 512 640
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 32 40
Render Output Units (ROPs) 16 20
Compute Units (Pipelines) 64 80
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores No No
L2 Cache 1024KB shared 1024KB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 14-24 GPixel/s 17-30 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 27-48 GTexel/s 34-60 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
0.9-1.5 TFLOPS
1.1-1.9 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Ring Bus Ring Bus
TGP 15 W 15 W
Manufacturing Intel Intel
Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 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 No

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 2.1
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 1.4a -

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