UHD Graphics G4 (Lakefield GT1 48 EU) vs Iris Plus Graphics 655
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 659 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 20.87 | no data |
| Architecture | Generation 9.5 (2016−2020) | Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022) |
| GPU code name | Coffee Lake GT3e | Lakefield GT1 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 3 April 2018 (6 years ago) | 28 May 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 cores | 384 | 48 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 200 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1050 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 189 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm+++ | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 7 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 50.40 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8064 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 6 | no data |
| TMUs | 48 | 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 |
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 (12_1) | 12_1 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 April 2018 | 28 May 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 7 Watt |
UHD Graphics G4 (Lakefield GT1 48 EU) has an age advantage of 2 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 114.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Iris Plus Graphics 655 and UHD Graphics G4 (Lakefield GT1 48 EU). We've got no test results to judge.
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