Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

Place in the ranking	331	605
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.54	14.99
Architecture	GCN (2012−2015)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	Wimbledon XT	Ice Lake G7 Gen. 11
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 May 2012 (12 years 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 cores	2560	64
Core clock speed	850 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	12-25 Watt

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

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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	GDDR5	DDR4
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	no data
Shared memory	-	+

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

11.1

12_1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 7970M Crossfire 16.01
+196%

Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) 5.41

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 7970M Crossfire 11119
+166%

Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) 4187

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 7970M Crossfire 31127
+116%

Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) 14442

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:

900p	132 +230%	40−45 −230%
Full HD	95 +459%	17 −459%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

24−27
+178%

9−10

−178%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +140%	14−16 −140%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +333%	6−7 −333%
Battlefield 5	50−55 +253%	14−16 −253%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 +167%	12−14 −167%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +178%	9−10 −178%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +217%	12 −217%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 +389%	9 −389%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +186%	35−40 −186%
Hitman 3	30−35 +158%	12−14 −158%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +131%	35−40 −131%
Metro Exodus	55−60 +206%	18 −206%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +267%	12 −267%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 +165%	20−22 −165%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 +47.3%	55 −47.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +140%	14−16 −140%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +333%	6−7 −333%
Battlefield 5	50−55 +253%	14−16 −253%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 +167%	12−14 −167%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +178%	9−10 −178%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +245%	11 −245%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 +1000%	4 −1000%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +186%	35−40 −186%
Hitman 3	30−35 +158%	12−14 −158%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +131%	35−40 −131%
Metro Exodus	55−60 +293%	14 −293%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +389%	9 −389%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 +212%	17 −212%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +100%	18−20 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 +58.8%	51 −58.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +140%	14−16 −140%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +333%	6−7 −333%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 +167%	12−14 −167%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +178%	9−10 −178%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +217%	12−14 −217%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +186%	35−40 −186%
Hitman 3	30−35 +158%	12−14 −158%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +636%	11 −636%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 +253%	15 −253%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +322%	9 −322%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 +68.8%	45−50 −68.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45
+193%

14−16

−193%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 +210%	10−11 −210%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +213%	8−9 −213%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 +220%	5−6 −220%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +240%	5−6 −240%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +217%	6−7 −217%
Forza Horizon 4	85−90 +473%	14−16 −473%
Hitman 3	18−20 +90%	10−11 −90%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +175%	12−14 −175%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +625%	4−5 −625%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +240%	5−6 −240%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 +180%	35−40 −180%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24−27
+160%

10−11

−160%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +300%	4−5 −300%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +200%	4−5 −200%
Hitman 3	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +636%	10−12 −636%
Metro Exodus	16−18 +700%	2−3 −700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +650%	2−3 −650%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	0−1
Far Cry 5	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +340%	5−6 −340%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +220%	5−6 −220%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16
+133%

6−7

−133%

This is how HD 7970M Crossfire and Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) compete in popular games:

HD 7970M Crossfire is 230% faster in 900p
HD 7970M Crossfire is 459% faster in 1080p

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

in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 7970M Crossfire is 1200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, HD 7970M Crossfire surpassed Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) in all 69 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	16.01	5.41
Recency	1 May 2012	28 May 2019
Chip lithography	28 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	12 Watt

HD 7970M Crossfire has a 195.9% higher aggregate performance score.

Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 1566.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) in performance tests.

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