Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs HD Graphics 5500

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1017not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.05no data
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code nameBroadwell GT2Tiger Lake GT2
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 September 2014 (10 years ago)2 September 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 cores192384
Core clock speed300 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHz1100 MHz
Number of transistors1,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate20.4026.40
Floating-point processing power0.3264 TFLOPS0.8448 TFLOPS
ROPs312
TMUs2424

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 3.0 x1

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 typeSystem SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
Shared memory++

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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan+1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 September 2014 2 September 2020
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm

Iris Xe Graphics G4 has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

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