PG506-232 vs Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 466 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 86 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 23.18 | no data |
| Architecture | Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Tiger Lake Xe | GA100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 15 August 2020 (4 years ago) | 12 April 2021 (3 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 | 96 | 3584 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 930 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1350 MHz | 1440 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 54,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 165 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 322.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 10.32 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 96 |
| TMUs | no data | 224 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 224 |
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 | 8-pin EPS |
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 | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 3072 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1215 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 933.1 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 | No outputs |
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 | N/A |
| Shader Model | no data | N/A |
| OpenGL | no data | N/A |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 8.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 August 2020 | 12 April 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 165 Watt |
Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs has 489.3% lower power consumption.
PG506-232, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs and PG506-232. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs is a notebook card while PG506-232 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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