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

Place in the ranking	1195	691
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	11.32
Architecture	Gen. 8 (2015−2016)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	Braswell	Ice Lake G4 Gen. 11
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 April 2015 (9 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	16	48
Core clock speed	320 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	700 MHz	1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	12-25 Watt

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	DDR4
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	no data
Shared memory	+	+

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX

11.2

12_1

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 (Braswell) 0.62

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) 4.06
+555%

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 Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.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 (Braswell) 395

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) 3225
+716%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD Graphics (Braswell) 1479

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) 8812
+496%

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 (Braswell) 261

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) 2124
+714%

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 (Braswell) 2193

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) 14910
+580%

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

2−3

−700%

16
+700%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−133%

7−8
+133%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −175%	11 +175%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −200%	9 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%
Hitman 3	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −150%	14−16 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −43.3%	40−45 +43.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −175%	10−12 +175%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%
Hitman 3	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −150%	14−16 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −43.3%	40−45 +43.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −175%	10−12 +175%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Hitman 3	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −150%	14−16 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +42.9%	7 −42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −43.3%	40−45 +43.3%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−500%

6−7
+500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	4−5
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Hitman 3	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −2400%	24−27 +2400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−167%

8−9
+167%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	2−3

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−150%

5−6
+150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Battlefield 5	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Metro Exodus	19 +0%	19 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10 +0%	10 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Battlefield 5	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Metro Exodus	14 +0%	14 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

+0%

10−11

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5

7−8

+0%

7−8

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	0−1	0−1
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

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

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is 700% faster in 1080p

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD Graphics (Braswell) is 43% faster.
in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is 2400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD Graphics (Braswell) is ahead in 1 test (2%)
Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is ahead in 34 tests (56%)
there's a draw in 26 tests (43%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.62	4.06
Recency	1 April 2015	28 May 2019
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) has a 554.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

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

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.