Apple M1 7-Core GPU vs Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU)

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	689	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	11.29	no data
Architecture	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)	no data
GPU code name	Ice Lake G4 Gen. 11	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	28 May 2019 (5 years ago)	10 November 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	48	7
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1278 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12-25 Watt	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	DDR4	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

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API compatibility

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

DirectX

12_1

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	28 May 2019	10 November 2020
Chip lithography	10 nm	5 nm

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