RTX A4500 vs Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs

Place in the ranking	525	45
Place by popularity	56	not in top-100
Power efficiency	19.70	20.61
Architecture	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Tiger Lake Xe	GA102
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	15 August 2020 (4 years ago)	23 November 2021 (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	80	7168
Core clock speed	400 MHz	1050 MHz
Boost clock speed	1350 MHz	1650 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	200 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	369.6
Floating-point processing power	no data	23.65 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	96
TMUs	no data	224
Tensor Cores	no data	224
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	56

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 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	20 GB
Memory bus width	no data	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	640.0 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 DisplayPort 1.4a

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	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

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	19 −637%	140−150 +637%
1440p	9 −622%	65−70 +622%
4K	13 −631%	95−100 +631%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14
−614%

100−105

+614%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −637%	140−150 +637%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	19 −637%	140−150 +637%
Battlefield 5	21−24 −627%	160−170 +627%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −633%	110−120 +633%
Cyberpunk 2077	13 −631%	95−100 +631%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −606%	120−130 +606%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −614%	150−160 +614%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −614%	350−400 +614%
Hitman 3	16 −588%	110−120 +588%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −598%	300−310 +598%
Metro Exodus	38 −637%	280−290 +637%
Red Dead Redemption 2	20−22 −600%	140−150 +600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 −620%	180−190 +620%
Watch Dogs: Legion	62 −626%	450−500 +626%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −637%	140−150 +637%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16 −588%	110−120 +588%
Battlefield 5	21−24 −627%	160−170 +627%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −633%	110−120 +633%
Cyberpunk 2077	10 −600%	70−75 +600%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −606%	120−130 +606%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −614%	150−160 +614%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −614%	350−400 +614%
Hitman 3	15 −633%	110−120 +633%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −598%	300−310 +598%
Metro Exodus	27 −641%	200−210 +641%
Red Dead Redemption 2	20−22 −600%	140−150 +600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24 −608%	170−180 +608%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −627%	160−170 +627%
Watch Dogs: Legion	49 −614%	350−400 +614%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −637%	140−150 +637%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −600%	70−75 +600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −633%	110−120 +633%
Cyberpunk 2077	8 −588%	55−60 +588%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −606%	120−130 +606%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −614%	350−400 +614%
Hitman 3	12 −608%	85−90 +608%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16 −588%	110−120 +588%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20 −600%	140−150 +600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	11 −627%	80−85 +627%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 −627%	400−450 +627%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

20−22
−600%

140−150

+600%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 −614%	100−105 +614%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −627%	80−85 +627%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −614%	50−55 +614%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −600%	21−24 +600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −614%	50−55 +614%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −600%	21−24 +600%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −622%	65−70 +622%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −641%	200−210 +641%
Hitman 3	10−12 −627%	80−85 +627%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −588%	110−120 +588%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −588%	55−60 +588%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16 −588%	110−120 +588%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10 −600%	70−75 +600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −645%	350−400 +645%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

−631%

95−100
+631%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −567%	40−45 +567%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −600%	35−40 +600%
Hitman 3	4−5 −575%	27−30 +575%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −620%	180−190 +620%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −600%	35−40 +600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −575%	27−30 +575%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −575%	27−30 +575%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −600%	21−24 +600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −600%	21−24 +600%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −575%	27−30 +575%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −588%	55−60 +588%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
−614%

50−55

+614%

This is how Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs and RTX A4500 compete in popular games:

RTX A4500 is 637% faster in 1080p
RTX A4500 is 622% faster in 1440p
RTX A4500 is 631% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.53	56.27
Recency	15 August 2020	23 November 2021
Chip lithography	10 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	200 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs has 614.3% lower power consumption.

RTX A4500, on the other hand, has a 647.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A4500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs in performance tests.

Be aware that Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is a notebook card while RTX A4500 is a workstation one.

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