GeForce 7900 GTX vs Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs

Aggregate performance score

Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
2020
28 Watt
9.41
+841%

Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs outperforms GeForce 7900 GTX by a whopping 841% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking4361068
Place by popularity81not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.01
ArchitectureGen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameTiger Lake XeG71
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 August 2020 (3 years ago)9 March 2006 (18 years ago)
Current priceno data$228

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores96no data
Core clock speed400 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed1350 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data278 million
Manufacturing process technology10 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt84 Watt
Texture fill rateno data15.60

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs and GeForce 7900 GTX compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-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 typeno dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data512 MB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1600 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data51.2 GB/s
Shared memory+no 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 data2x DVI, 1x S-Video

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 graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_19.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkanno dataN/A

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 HD26
+1200%
2−3
−1200%
1440p16
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
4K13
+1200%
1−2
−1200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 20
+900%
2−3
−900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 22
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21
+950%
2−3
−950%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+867%
3−4
−867%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 36
+1100%
3−4
−1100%
Cyberpunk 2077 16
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+1300%
2−3
−1300%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+1200%
2−3
−1200%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+1000%
3−4
−1000%
Hitman 3 39
+875%
4−5
−875%
Horizon Zero Dawn 46
+1050%
4−5
−1050%
Metro Exodus 35
+1067%
3−4
−1067%
Red Dead Redemption 2 17
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 38
+850%
4−5
−850%
Watch Dogs: Legion 22
+1000%
2−3
−1000%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 19
+850%
2−3
−850%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+867%
3−4
−867%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+900%
2−3
−900%
Cyberpunk 2077 13
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Far Cry 5 31
+933%
3−4
−933%
Far Cry New Dawn 14
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+1000%
3−4
−1000%
Hitman 3 22
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 34
+1033%
3−4
−1033%
Metro Exodus 27
+1250%
2−3
−1250%
Red Dead Redemption 2 15
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 25
+1150%
2−3
−1150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30
+900%
3−4
−900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14
+1300%
1−2
−1300%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 23
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Cyberpunk 2077 11
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+1300%
2−3
−1300%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+1000%
3−4
−1000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 22
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
Metro Exodus 24
+1100%
2−3
−1100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14
+1300%
1−2
−1300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Hitman 3 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Cyberpunk 2077 7 0−1
Far Cry 5 16
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
+900%
2−3
−900%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 19
+850%
2−3
−850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6 0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 19
+850%
2−3
−850%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12
+1100%
1−2
−1100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5 0−1
Battlefield 5 7−8 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Metro Exodus 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10 0−1

This is how Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs and 7900 GTX compete in popular games:

  • Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs is 1200% faster in 1080p
  • Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs is 1500% faster in 1440p
  • Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs is 1200% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.41 1.00
Recency 15 August 2020 9 March 2006
Chip lithography 10 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 84 Watt

The Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 7900 GTX in performance tests.

Be aware that Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs is a notebook card while GeForce 7900 GTX is a desktop one.


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