Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) vs Graphics (64 EU)

We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) with 48 pipelines and 384 shaders against the 1 year and 4 months newer Graphics (64 EU) that utilizes 64 pipelines and 512 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 (64 EU) over UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU)
Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU)
  • Performs better (up to 30%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 36% higher maximum theoretical performance (1.5 vs 1.1 TFLOPS)
  • Achieves 54% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (12K vs 8K)
  • Has 33% more shading units (512 vs 384)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
12
-
-
-
18
-
-
-
The Witcher 3
-
-
-
-
11
9
-
-
Counter-Strike 2
13
9
-
-
18
10
9
-
Far Cry 6
-
-
-
-
11
-
-
-
Hogwarts Legacy -
-
-
-
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III
-
-
-
-
12
10
-
-
Ghost of Tsushima -
10
-
-
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
-
-
-
-
11
10
-
-
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High - 12
1080p Ultra - -
1440p Ultra - -
4K Ultra - -
Margin of Error Low 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 741 1016
Fire Strike 2345 3342
Wild Life Extreme 1606 2378
Night Raid 10085 13315
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur 18.4 img/sec 27.6 img/sec
Face Detection 10.7 img/sec 19.2 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.3 Gpixels/sec 0.52 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 0.47 Gpixels/sec 0.76 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 0.3 Gpixels/sec 0.37 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.1 Gpixels/sec 0.14 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 21.5 Gpixels/sec 33 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 1269.5 FPS 2055.2 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) 893 1170
Image Segmentation (HP) 1369 1951
Image Super Resolution (Q) 1052 1359
Face Detection (HP) 2087 2991
Pose Estimation (Q) 3981 5311
Text Classification (SP) 807 984
Machine Translation (HP) 895 1138
Object Detection (SP) 944 1273
Depth Estimation (Q) 2678 3655
Style Transfer (SP) 13752 19706
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) and Graphics (64 EU)

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Build Integrated Integrated
Released August 15, 2020 January 4, 2022
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Generic
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Generation 12.1 Xe architecture (Gen12)
GPU Codename Tiger Lake GT2 Alder Lake GT1
Rival Equivalent - - Radeon 660M
Recommended CPU - - Intel Core i3 1215U or above
Used in CPUs - Intel Core 5 210H
- Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
- Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX
- Intel Processor U300
- Intel Core i5 13420H
- Intel Core i5 12450H
- Intel Core i3 1125G4
- Intel Pentium Gold 7505
- and 1 more
- 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
Laptop GPU ranking (130th and 131st place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 800-1400 MHz (configurable) 850-1500 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 384 512
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 24 32
Render Output Units (ROPs) 12 16
Compute Units (Pipelines) 48 64
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 10-17 GPixel/s 14-24 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 19-34 GTexel/s 27-48 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
0.9-1.5 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 1.2 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.1 3.0
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No
DisplayPort - 1.4a

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