Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs GeForce 7900 GS

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1188not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency0.92no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code nameG71Tiger Lake GT2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 May 2006 (18 years ago)2 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$259 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 coresno data384
Core clock speed450 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1100 MHz
Number of transistors278 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology90 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate9.00026.40
Floating-point processing powerno data0.8448 TFLOPS
ROPs1612
TMUs2024

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x1
Length198 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount256 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed660 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth42.24 GB/sno 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2006 2 September 2020
Chip lithography 90 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 49 Watt 15 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics G4 has an age advantage of 14 years, a 800% more advanced lithography process, and 226.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7900 GS and Iris Xe Graphics G4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 7900 GS is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics G4 is a notebook one.


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