Intel UHD Graphics (16 EU) vs Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
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Intel UHD Graphics (16 EU)
Tiger Lake Xe
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
Tiger Lake GT2
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 (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
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 Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
- Performs significantly better (up to 3.9x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 6x higher maximum theoretical performance (2.4 vs 0.4 TFLOPS)
- Achieves 4.4x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (17K vs 3K)
- Has 6x more shading units (768 vs 128)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | - - - - |
21 11 - - |
| The Witcher 3 | - | 12 11 - - |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 10 - - - |
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 | 308 | 1282 |
| Fire Strike | 1103 | 4411 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 745 | 3119 |
| Night Raid | 4719 | 14097 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 8.99 img/sec | 34.5 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 5.66 img/sec | 27.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.16 Gpixels/sec | 0.75 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 0.25 Gpixels/sec | 1.11 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.16 Gpixels/sec | 0.39 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.04 Gpixels/sec | 0.18 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 10 Gpixels/sec | 55.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 567.5 FPS | 3061.7 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Recent User Tests
Intel UHD Graphics (16 EU)
No benchmark results yet
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 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) | 406 | 1428 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 609 | 2420 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 530 | 1551 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 951 | 3685 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 1936 | 6255 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 538 | 938 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 542 | 1028 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 451 | 1581 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 1237 | 4305 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 5464 | 26119 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel UHD Graphics (16 EU) and Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)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 i7 1160G7 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 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 (144th and 124th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 350 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 750-1550 MHz (configurable) | 950-1550 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 128 | 768 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 8 | 48 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 4 | 24 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 16 | 96 |
| Tensor Cores | No | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | No | - |
| L2 Cache | - | 1024KB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 3-6 GPixel/s | 23-37 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 6-12 GTexel/s | 46-74 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
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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