Arc Pro A40 vs Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 605 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 15.05 | no data |
| Architecture | Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022) | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | Ice Lake G7 Gen. 11 | DG2-128 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 28 May 2019 (5 years ago) | 8 August 2022 (2 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 | 64 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | 1700 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 7,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12-25 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 108.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 3.482 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 32 |
| TMUs | no data | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 8 |
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 | no data | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 96 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 192.0 GB/s |
| 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 | no data | 4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0 |
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 | 12_1 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 28 May 2019 | 8 August 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 50 Watt |
Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) has 316.7% lower power consumption.
Arc Pro A40, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 66.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) and Arc Pro A40. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) is a notebook card while Arc Pro A40 is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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