Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 vs Arc 8-Core iGPU

Place in the ranking	302	455
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Xe LPG (2023)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	Meteor Lake iGPU	Tiger Lake Xe
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	14 December 2023 (1 year ago)	15 August 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	8	96
Boost clock speed	2300 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	10 nm

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	no data	DDR4
Shared memory	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX

12_2

DirectX 12_1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 18.53
+86.2%

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 9.95

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 8561
+71.2%

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 5000

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	36 +100%	18−20 −100%
1440p	19 +90%	10−12 −90%
4K	15 +87.5%	8−9 −87.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2

26
+117%

12−14

−117%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +84.4%	30−35 −84.4%
Counter-Strike 2	26 +117%	12−14 −117%
Forza Horizon 4	71 +77.5%	40−45 −77.5%
Forza Horizon 5	45−50 +104%	24−27 −104%
Metro Exodus	40 +90.5%	21−24 −90.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +65.4%	24−27 −65.4%
Valorant	75−80 +97.4%	35−40 −97.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +84.4%	30−35 −84.4%
Counter-Strike 2	23 +91.7%	12−14 −91.7%
Dota 2	25 −44%	35−40 +44%
Far Cry 5	34 −20.6%	40−45 +20.6%
Fortnite	100−105 +72.4%	55−60 −72.4%
Forza Horizon 4	59 +47.5%	40−45 −47.5%
Forza Horizon 5	45−50 +104%	24−27 −104%
Grand Theft Auto V	25 −44%	35−40 +44%
Metro Exodus	29 +7.4%	27−30 −7.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 +64.9%	75−80 −64.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +65.4%	24−27 −65.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +93.3%	30−33 −93.3%
Valorant	75−80 +97.4%	35−40 −97.4%
World of Tanks	220−230 +54.2%	140−150 −54.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +84.4%	30−35 −84.4%
Counter-Strike 2	21 +110%	10−11 −110%
Far Cry 5	60−65 +56.1%	40−45 −56.1%
Forza Horizon 4	46 +15%	40−45 −15%
Forza Horizon 5	45−50 +104%	24−27 −104%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 +64.9%	75−80 −64.9%
Valorant	75−80 +87.5%	40−45 −87.5%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	11 +120%	5−6 −120%
Grand Theft Auto V	11 −18.2%	12−14 +18.2%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170 +96.5%	85−90 −96.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +113%	8−9 −113%
World of Tanks	120−130 +95.4%	65−70 −95.4%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +100%	18−20 −100%
Counter-Strike 2	11 +120%	5−6 −120%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +123%	21−24 −123%
Forza Horizon 4	30 +36.4%	21−24 −36.4%
Forza Horizon 5	27−30 +107%	14−16 −107%
Metro Exodus	40−45 +100%	21−24 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +117%	12−14 −117%
Valorant	45−50 +95.8%	24−27 −95.8%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +87.5%	8−9 −87.5%
Dota 2	9 +125%	4−5 −125%
Grand Theft Auto V	9 −122%	20−22 +122%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +160%	5−6 −160%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	55−60 +104%	27−30 −104%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +100%	6−7 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9 −122%	20−22 +122%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +100%	9−10 −100%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +87.5%	8−9 −87.5%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +100%	12−14 −100%
Fortnite	21−24 +120%	10−11 −120%
Forza Horizon 4	15 +15.4%	12−14 −15.4%
Forza Horizon 5	14−16 +87.5%	8−9 −87.5%
Valorant	21−24 +120%	10−11 −120%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Far Cry 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Fortnite	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Dota 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

55−60

+0%

55−60

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Valorant	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

24−27

+0%

24−27

+0%

4K
High Preset

Valorant

10−11

+0%

10−11

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Dota 2	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

10−11

+0%

10−11

+0%

This is how Arc 8-Core iGPU and Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 compete in popular games:

Arc 8-Core iGPU is 100% faster in 1080p
Arc 8-Core iGPU is 90% faster in 1440p
Arc 8-Core iGPU is 88% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Arc 8-Core iGPU is 160% faster.
in Grand Theft Auto V, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is 122% faster.

All in all, in popular games: