Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) vs FirePro D300

Place in the ranking	449	618
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.64	15.00
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	Ice Lake G7 Gen. 11
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	18 January 2014 (11 years ago)	28 May 2019 (5 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	1280	64
Core clock speed	850 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	12-25 Watt
Texture fill rate	68.00	no data
Floating-point processing power	2.176 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	80	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	242 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data

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	GDDR5	DDR4
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1270 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	162.6 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

4x DisplayPort

no data

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 (11_1)	12_1
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

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

30−35
+66.7%

−66.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	21 +0%	21 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Metro Exodus	17 +0%	17 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12 +0%	12 +0%
Valorant	12 +0%	12 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Dota 2	16 +0%	16 +0%
Far Cry 5	16 +0%	16 +0%
Fortnite	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	17 +0%	17 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	9 +0%	9 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	48 +0%	48 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Valorant	10 +0%	10 +0%
World of Tanks	39 +0%	39 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Dota 2	28 +0%	28 +0%
Far Cry 5	16 +0%	16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	15 +0%	15 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
World of Tanks	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Valorant	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Fortnite	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Valorant	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

This is how FirePro D300 and Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) compete in popular games:

FirePro D300 is 67% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 64 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.73	5.24
Recency	18 January 2014	28 May 2019
Chip lithography	28 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	12 Watt

FirePro D300 has a 85.7% higher aggregate performance score.

Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 1150% lower power consumption.

The FirePro D300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D300 is a workstation card while Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.