Radeon RX 6500 vs Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated271
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 12.1 (2020−2021)no data
GPU code nameTiger Lake GT2no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2 September 2020 (4 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores768no data
Core clock speed300 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology10 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate52.80no data
Floating-point processing power1.69 TFLOPSno data
ROPs24no data
TMUs48no 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x1no data
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data

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 outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.2-

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU and Radeon RX 6500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6500 is a notebook one.


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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
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