Intel UHD Graphics Gen 11 (32 EU) vs Graphics (16 EU)

We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel UHD Graphics Gen 11 (32 EU) with 32 pipelines and 256 shaders against the 4 months newer Graphics (16 EU) that utilizes 16 pipelines and 128 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 UHD Graphics (16 EU) over UHD Graphics Gen 11 (32 EU)
Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics Gen 11 (32 EU)
  • 25% higher maximum theoretical performance (0.5 vs 0.4 TFLOPS)
  • Has 2x more shading units (256 vs 128)
Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics (16 EU)
  • Achieves 22% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (3K vs 3K)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Counter-Strike 2
9
-
-
-
10
-
-
-
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High - -
1080p Ultra - -
1440p Ultra - -
4K Ultra - -
Margin of Error High Low

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 308 308
Fire Strike 964 1103
Wild Life Extreme 782 745
Night Raid 4753 4719
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur 7.2 img/sec 8.99 img/sec
Face Detection 4.28 img/sec 5.66 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.14 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.25 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 0.12 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.04 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 9.35 Gpixels/sec 10 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 487.1 FPS 567.5 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

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) 307 406
Image Segmentation (HP) 363 609
Image Super Resolution (Q) 359 530
Face Detection (HP) 565 951
Pose Estimation (Q) 685 1936
Text Classification (SP) 229 538
Machine Translation (HP) 229 542
Object Detection (SP) 204 451
Depth Estimation (Q) 628 1237
Style Transfer (SP) 2844 5464
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel UHD Graphics Gen 11 (32 EU) and Graphics (16 EU)

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Build Integrated Integrated
Released January 11, 2021 May 10, 2021
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Generic
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Generation 11.0 Generation 12.1
GPU Codename Jasper Lake GT1 Tiger Lake Xe
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 11500H or above -
Used in CPUs - Intel Pentium Silver N6005
- Intel Pentium Silver N6000
- 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
Laptop GPU ranking (140th and 143rd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 350 MHz 350 MHz
Boost Clock 850-900 MHz (configurable) 750-1550 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 256 128
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 16 8
Render Output Units (ROPs) 8 4
Compute Units (Pipelines) 32 16
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores No No
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 7 GPixel/s 3-6 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 14 GTexel/s 6-12 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
0.4-0.5 TFLOPS
0.2-0.4 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Ring Bus Ring Bus
TGP 6-10 W (configurable) 6-15 W (configurable)
Manufacturing Intel Intel
Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared

API

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

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