Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU vs Radeon HD 7610M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 951 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 5.71 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Generation 12.1 (2020−2021) |
| GPU code name | Whistler | Tiger Lake GT2 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 January 2012 (12 years ago) | 2 September 2020 (4 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 | 400 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1100 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 9.000 | 52.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.36 TFLOPS | 1.69 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 24 |
| TMUs | 20 | 48 |
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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | Ring Bus |
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 | GDDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
| 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 outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 January 2012 | 2 September 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 15 Watt |
Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU has an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7610M and Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU. We've got no test results to judge.
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