Ryzen Z2 A GPU vs Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arrow Lake)
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 501 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Xe LPG (2023−2025) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Meteor Lake iGPU | Van Gogh |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 14 December 2023 (2 years ago) | 2025 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 4 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1950 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 2,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 51.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 1.638 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 16 |
| TMUs | no data | 32 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 8 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L1 Cache | 768 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 1024 KB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 8 MB |
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 | LPDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 51.2 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
| 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 data | 1x USB Type-C |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 7 nm |
Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arrow Lake) has a 40% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arrow Lake) and Ryzen Z2 A GPU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arrow Lake) is a notebook graphics card while Ryzen Z2 A GPU is a desktop one.
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