AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 vs Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU)

We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Radeon RX Vega 6 with 6 pipelines and 384 shaders against the 4 years newer Intel UHD 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 RX Vega 6
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX Vega 6
  • Performs slightly better (up to 13%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 7 nm process technology
Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU)
  • Achieves 55% 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
13
-
-
-
18
-
-
-
The Witcher 3 -
11
9
-
-
Counter-Strike 2
19
13
10
-
18
10
9
-
Far Cry 6
12
9
-
-
11
-
-
-
Hogwarts Legacy -
-
-
-
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III
16
11
10
-
12
10
-
-
Ghost of Tsushima
9
-
-
-
10
-
-
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
11
10
-
-
11
10
-
-
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 11 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 839 1016
Fire Strike 2697 3342
Wild Life Extreme 1635 2378
Night Raid 11031 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 17.6 img/sec 27.6 img/sec
Face Detection 9.06 img/sec 19.2 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.28 Gpixels/sec 0.52 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 0.58 Gpixels/sec 0.76 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 0.38 Gpixels/sec 0.37 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.09 Gpixels/sec 0.14 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 27.6 Gpixels/sec 33 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 879 FPS 2055.2 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 329 -
DirectX 11 9 FPS -
DirectX 12 6 FPS -
GPU Compute 647 Ops/s -
Sources: PassMark [5] – 495 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) 986 1170
Image Segmentation (HP) 1173 1951
Image Super Resolution (Q) 2200 1359
Face Detection (HP) 2979 2991
Pose Estimation (Q) 6497 5311
Text Classification (SP) 632 984
Machine Translation (HP) 1306 1138
Object Detection (SP) 1093 1273
Depth Estimation (Q) 3935 3655
Style Transfer (SP) 13291 19706
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon RX Vega 6 and Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU)

General

Vendor Amd Intel
Build Integrated Integrated
Released February 1, 2018 January 4, 2022
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Generic
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture GCN 5.0 Xe architecture (Gen12)
GPU Codename Raven Alder Lake GT1
Rival Equivalent - - Radeon 660M
Recommended CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 4600H or above - Intel Core i3 1215U or above
Used in CPUs - AMD Ryzen 3 7330U
- AMD Ryzen 3 5425U
- AMD Ryzen 3 5300G
- AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
- AMD Ryzen 3 4300G
- AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
- AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
- 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 (124th and 132nd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 1100-1800 MHz (configurable) 850-1500 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 384 512
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 24 32
Render Output Units (ROPs) 8 16
Compute Units (Pipelines) 6 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 9-14 GPixel/s 14-24 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 26-43 GTexel/s 27-48 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
0.8-1.4 TFLOPS
0.9-1.5 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface IGP Ring Bus
TGP 15 W 15 W
Manufacturing TSMC Intel
Fabrication Process 7 nm 10 nm
Die Size 210 mm² -
Transistor Count 4.94 billion -
Transistor Density 23.52 MTr/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 2.0 3.0
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No
DisplayPort - 1.4a

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