Radeon Sky 900 vs Iris Xe Graphics G7
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 488 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 19 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Tiger Lake Xe | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 15 August 2020 (5 years ago) | 27 March 2013 (12 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 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 825 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 950 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 106.4 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 3.405 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | no data | 32 ×2 |
| TMUs | no data | 112 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 448 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 768 KB |
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).
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 305 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 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 | DDR4 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 6 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | no data | 384 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 480 GB/s ×2 |
| Shared memory | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | 1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort |
| Dual-link DVI support | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Quick Sync | + | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX 12_1 | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 August 2020 | 27 March 2013 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 28 nm |
Iris Xe Graphics G7 has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Iris Xe Graphics G7 and Radeon Sky 900. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Iris Xe Graphics G7 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Sky 900 is a workstation one.
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