Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) vs ATI Radeon 9800

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated691
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2006)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameR350Ice Lake G4 Gen. 11
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 March 2003 (21 year ago)28 May 2019 (5 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 coresno data48
Core clock speed325 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1100 MHz
Number of transistors117 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)37 Watt12-25 Watt
Texture fill rate2.600no data
ROPs8no data
TMUs8no 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).

InterfaceAGP 8xno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x Molexno 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 typeDDRDDR4
Maximum RAM amount128 MBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed580 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth18.56 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Videono data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0 (9_0)12_1
OpenGL2.0no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2003 28 May 2019
Chip lithography 150 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 37 Watt 12 Watt

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) has an age advantage of 16 years, a 1400% more advanced lithography process, and 208.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9800 and Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 9800 is a desktop card while Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is a notebook one.


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