Intel UHD Graphics 730 vs Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel UHD Graphics 730 with 24 pipelines and 192 shaders against the 4 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
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 730
Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
  • Performs significantly better (up to 91%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 3.2x higher maximum theoretical performance (1.9 vs 0.6 TFLOPS)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 10 nm process technology
  • Achieves 2.1x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (14K vs 6K)
  • Has 3.3x more shading units (640 vs 192)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
11
-
-
-
21
10
-
-
The Witcher 3
9
-
-
-
12
9
-
-
Counter-Strike 2
13
9
-
-
16
11
9
-
Far Cry 6
-
-
-
-
13
10
-
-
Hogwarts Legacy -
-
-
-
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III -
12
12
10
-
Ghost of Tsushima -
9
-
-
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider -
12
12
-
-
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High - 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 608 1230
Fire Strike 2250 4196
Wild Life Extreme 1516 2124
Night Raid 8988 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 13.7 img/sec 31 img/sec
Face Detection 8.19 img/sec 23.3 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.26 Gpixels/sec 0.61 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 0.38 Gpixels/sec 0.87 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 0.25 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.09 Gpixels/sec 0.15 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 19.2 Gpixels/sec 36.1 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 887.2 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
G3D Mark Score
G2D Mark 426 392
DirectX 11 10 FPS 16 FPS
DirectX 12 7 FPS 12 FPS
GPU Compute 628 Ops/s 1158 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6]9764 & 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) - 1149
Image Segmentation (HP) - 1796
Image Super Resolution (Q) - 1394
Face Detection (HP) - 2775
Pose Estimation (Q) - 5476
Text Classification (SP) - 981
Machine Translation (HP) - 905
Object Detection (SP) - 1277
Depth Estimation (Q) - 3737
Style Transfer (SP) - 22348
Framework - ONNX
Backend - DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel UHD Graphics 730 and Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Build Integrated Integrated
Released January 1, 2021 August 15, 2020
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Generic
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Generation 12.1 Generation 12.1
GPU Codename Rocket Lake GT1 Tiger Lake GT2
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 11400 or above - Intel Core i5 1130G7 or above
Used in CPUs - Intel Processor N250
- Intel Processor N150
- Intel Core i5 14400
- Intel Core i3 14100
- Intel Core i3 13100
- Intel Core i5 13400
- Intel Core i3 12100
- Intel Core i5 12400
- and 1 more
- 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 (138th and 132nd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 900-1550 MHz (configurable) 850-1500 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 192 640
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 48 40
Render Output Units (ROPs) 24 20
Compute Units (Pipelines) 24 80
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores No No
L2 Cache - 1024KB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 22-37 GPixel/s 17-30 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 43-74 GTexel/s 34-60 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
0.3-0.6 TFLOPS
1.1-1.9 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Ring Bus Ring Bus
TGP 15 W 15 W
Manufacturing - Intel
Fabrication Process 14 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 1.2 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 2.1
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

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