Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU vs GRID A100A
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2025) | Generation 12.1 (2020−2021) |
| GPU code name | GA100 | Tiger Lake GT2 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 14 May 2020 (5 years ago) | 2 September 2020 (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 | 6912 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1005 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 54,200 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 400 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 434.2 | 52.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 13.89 TFLOPS | 1.69 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 192 | 24 |
| TMUs | 432 | 48 |
| Tensor Cores | 432 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 20.3 MB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 48 MB | 1024 KB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 3.75 MB |
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 4.0 x16 | Ring Bus |
| Width | IGP | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | HBM2e | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 48 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 6144 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1215 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 1,866 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 8.0 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 May 2020 | 2 September 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 400 Watt | 15 Watt |
GRID A100A has a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 months, and 2566.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GRID A100A and Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GRID A100A is a workstation graphics card while Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU is a notebook one.
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