Intel UHD Graphics (16 EU) vs Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel UHD Graphics (16 EU) with 16 pipelines and 128 shaders against the 8 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 (16 EU)
Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
  • Performs significantly better (up to 3.8x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 4.7x higher maximum theoretical performance (1.9 vs 0.4 TFLOPS)
  • Achieves 3.6x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (14K vs 3K)
  • Has 5x more shading units (640 vs 128)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
-
-
-
-
21
10
-
-
The Witcher 3 -
12
9
-
-
Counter-Strike 2
10
-
-
-
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 308 1230
Fire Strike 1103 4196
Wild Life Extreme 745 2124
Night Raid 4719 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 8.99 img/sec 31 img/sec
Face Detection 5.66 img/sec 23.3 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.16 Gpixels/sec 0.61 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 0.25 Gpixels/sec 0.87 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 0.16 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.04 Gpixels/sec 0.15 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 10 Gpixels/sec 36.1 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 567.5 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) 406 1149
Image Segmentation (HP) 609 1796
Image Super Resolution (Q) 530 1394
Face Detection (HP) 951 2775
Pose Estimation (Q) 1936 5476
Text Classification (SP) 538 981
Machine Translation (HP) 542 905
Object Detection (SP) 451 1277
Depth Estimation (Q) 1237 3737
Style Transfer (SP) 5464 22348
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel UHD Graphics (16 EU) and Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Build Integrated Integrated
Released May 10, 2021 August 15, 2020
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Generic
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Generation 12.1 Generation 12.1
GPU Codename Tiger Lake Xe Tiger Lake GT2
Recommended CPU - - Intel Core i5 1130G7 or above
Used in CPUs - Intel Core Ultra 5 225
- Intel Core i5 12450HX
- Intel Core i5 14450HX
- Intel Processor N95
- Intel Core i5 13450HX
- Intel Core i5 13500HX
- Intel Core i7 13650HX
- Intel Celeron N5095
- and 3 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 (144th and 133rd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 750-1550 MHz (configurable) 850-1500 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 128 640
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 8 40
Render Output Units (ROPs) 4 20
Compute Units (Pipelines) 16 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 3-6 GPixel/s 17-30 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 6-12 GTexel/s 34-60 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
0.2-0.4 TFLOPS
1.1-1.9 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Ring Bus Ring Bus
TGP 6-15 W (configurable) 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

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
DisplayPort 1.4a -

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