Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) vs HD Graphics 5600

Place in the ranking	589	686
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	27.17	11.29
Architecture	Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	Broadwell GT2	Ice Lake G4 Gen. 11
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	5 September 2014 (10 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	192	48
Core clock speed	300 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	1,300 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	12-25 Watt
Texture fill rate	25.20	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.4032 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	3	no data
TMUs	24	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	Ring Bus	no data
Width	IGP	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	System Shared	DDR4
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	no data
Memory bus width	System Shared	no data
Memory clock speed	System Shared	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

Portable Device Dependent

no data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

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	4.4	no data
OpenCL	3.0	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD Graphics 5600 5.86
+44.3%

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) 4.06

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD Graphics 5600 1431

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) 3225
+125%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

HD Graphics 5600 991

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) 2124
+114%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD Graphics 5600 7757

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) 14910
+92.2%

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

−45.5%

16
+45.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−75%

7−8
+75%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −57.1%	11 +57.1%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −800%	9−10 +800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −80%	9 +80%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −120%	10−12 +120%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −200%	24−27 +200%
Hitman 3	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −50%	27−30 +50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −150%	10 +150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −50%	14−16 +50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −22.9%	40−45 +22.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −57.1%	10−12 +57.1%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −800%	9−10 +800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −120%	10−12 +120%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −200%	24−27 +200%
Hitman 3	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −50%	27−30 +50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −50%	14−16 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	13 −23.1%	16−18 +23.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −22.9%	40−45 +22.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −57.1%	10−12 +57.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −200%	24−27 +200%
Hitman 3	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −50%	27−30 +50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −50%	14−16 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3 −133%	7 +133%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −22.9%	40−45 +22.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−150%

10−11
+150%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Hitman 3	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12 −127%	24−27 +127%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−60%

8−9
+60%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−200%

3−4
+200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	1−2
Far Cry 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−66.7%

5−6
+66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Metro Exodus	19 +0%	19 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Metro Exodus	14 +0%	14 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

3−4

+0%

3−4

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4

5−6

+0%

5−6

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Hitman 3	0−1	0−1
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

This is how HD Graphics 5600 and Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) compete in popular games:

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is 45% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is 800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is ahead in 53 tests (87%)
there's a draw in 8 tests (13%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.86	4.06
Recency	5 September 2014	28 May 2019
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	12 Watt

HD Graphics 5600 has a 44.3% higher aggregate performance score.

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

The HD Graphics 5600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 5600 is a desktop card while Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 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.