GeForce RTX 5080 vs Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs

Place in the ranking	480	1
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	44.78
Power efficiency	22.75	19.88
Architecture	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	Tiger Lake Xe	GB203
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 August 2020 (4 years ago)	30 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	96	10752
Core clock speed	400 MHz	2295 MHz
Boost clock speed	1350 MHz	2617 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	45,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	360 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	879.3
Floating-point processing power	no data	56.28 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	128
TMUs	no data	336
Tensor Cores	no data	336
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	84

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 5.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-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	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	no data	16 GB
Memory bus width	no data	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	960.0 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	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI	-	+

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	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.8
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.4
CUDA	-	10.1

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	27 −615%	193 +615%
1440p	16 −863%	154 +863%
4K	11 −827%	102 +827%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	5.18
1440p	no data	6.49
4K	no data	9.79

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	15 −1213%	190−200 +1213%
Cyberpunk 2077	20 −1000%	220−230 +1000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	30−33 −290%	110−120 +290%
Counter-Strike 2	13 −1415%	190−200 +1415%
Cyberpunk 2077	14 −971%	150−160 +971%
Forza Horizon 4	38 −953%	400−450 +953%
Forza Horizon 5	22 −964%	230−240 +964%
Metro Exodus	29 −469%	160−170 +469%
Red Dead Redemption 2	17 −818%	150−160 +818%
Valorant	26 −1927%	500−550 +1927%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−33 −290%	110−120 +290%
Counter-Strike 2	12 −1542%	190−200 +1542%
Cyberpunk 2077	11 −991%	120−130 +991%
Dota 2	28 −521%	170−180 +521%
Far Cry 5	31 −426%	160−170 +426%
Fortnite	50−55 −470%	300−350 +470%
Forza Horizon 4	30 −900%	300−310 +900%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 −917%	230−240 +917%
Grand Theft Auto V	17 −1018%	190−200 +1018%
Metro Exodus	19 −768%	160−170 +768%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 −199%	210−220 +199%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8 −1850%	150−160 +1850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −521%	170−180 +521%
Valorant	35−40 −1406%	500−550 +1406%
World of Tanks	96 −191%	270−280 +191%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	30−33 −290%	110−120 +290%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 −994%	190−200 +994%
Cyberpunk 2077	10 −1000%	110−120 +1000%
Dota 2	47 −964%	500−550 +964%
Far Cry 5	34 −379%	160−170 +379%
Forza Horizon 4	24 −983%	260−270 +983%
Forza Horizon 5	22 −964%	230−240 +964%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 −199%	210−220 +199%
Valorant	23 −2191%	500−550 +2191%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	7 −2171%	150−160 +2171%
Grand Theft Auto V	7 −971%	75−80 +971%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	45−50 −1011%	500−550 +1011%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1063%	90−95 +1063%
World of Tanks	65−70 −670%	500−550 +670%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −412%	85−90 +412%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −963%	85−90 +963%
Cyberpunk 2077	3 −900%	30−33 +900%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −700%	160−170 +700%
Forza Horizon 4	19 −1005%	210−220 +1005%
Forza Horizon 5	14−16 −1179%	170−180 +1179%
Metro Exodus	16−18 −753%	140−150 +753%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −983%	130−140 +983%
Valorant	21−24 −1770%	400−450 +1770%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −423%	65−70 +423%
Dota 2	8 −2213%	180−190 +2213%
Grand Theft Auto V	8 −963%	85−90 +963%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −1880%	95−100 +1880%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 −674%	200−210 +674%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −967%	60−65 +967%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8 −963%	85−90 +963%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −1038%	90−95 +1038%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −423%	65−70 +423%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Dota 2	20 −1000%	220−230 +1000%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −855%	100−110 +855%
Fortnite	10−11 −860%	95−100 +860%
Forza Horizon 4	11 −991%	120−130 +991%
Forza Horizon 5	6−7 −1833%	110−120 +1833%
Valorant	9−10 −2711%	250−260 +2711%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2

30−35

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30−35

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This is how Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs and RTX 5080 compete in popular games:

RTX 5080 is 615% faster in 1080p
RTX 5080 is 863% faster in 1440p
RTX 5080 is 827% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 5080 is 2711% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 5080 is ahead in 44 tests (98%)
there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.90	100.00
Recency	15 August 2020	30 January 2025
Chip lithography	10 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	360 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs has 1185.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 5080, on the other hand, has a 1023.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5080 is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs in performance tests.

Be aware that Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5080 is a desktop one.

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