Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs HD Graphics (Haswell)

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1099not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
ArchitectureGen. 7.5 Haswell (2012−2013)Generation 12.0 (2020)
GPU code nameHaswell GT1Tiger Lake GT1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 October 2012 (11 years ago)2 September 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price$273 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores10384
Core clock speed200 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology22 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data52.80

Form factor & compatibility

Information on HD Graphics (Haswell) and Iris Xe Graphics G4 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 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 typeno dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width64/128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
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 Connectorsno dataNo 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 graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkanno data1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2012 2 September 2020
Chip lithography 22 nm 10 nm

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