Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) vs Radeon PRO WX 2100

Place in the ranking	643	693
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.96	no data
Power efficiency	9.36	11.13
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	Lexa	Ice Lake G4 Gen. 11
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	4 June 2017 (7 years ago)	28 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	512	48
Core clock speed	925 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	12-25 Watt
Texture fill rate	39.01	no data
Floating-point processing power	1.248 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	32	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	no data
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR5	DDR4
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	48 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

1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort

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Supported technologies

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

FreeSync	+	-
Quick Sync	no data	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12_1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

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:

Full HD

18−20
+12.5%

−12.5%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

8.28

no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

8−9
+14.3%

7−8

−14.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +18.2%	11 −18.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Battlefield 5	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +11.1%	9 −11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +18.2%	10−12 −18.2%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 +25%	24−27 −25%
Hitman 3	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +14.8%	27−30 −14.8%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −72.7%	19 +72.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +30%	10 −30%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +13.3%	14−16 −13.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +4.7%	40−45 −4.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +18.2%	10−12 −18.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Battlefield 5	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +18.2%	10−12 −18.2%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 +25%	24−27 −25%
Hitman 3	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +14.8%	27−30 −14.8%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −27.3%	14 +27.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +13.3%	14−16 −13.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +6.3%	16−18 −6.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +4.7%	40−45 −4.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +18.2%	10−12 −18.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 +25%	24−27 −25%
Hitman 3	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +14.8%	27−30 −14.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +13.3%	14−16 −13.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +143%	7 −143%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +4.7%	40−45 −4.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14
+30%

10−11

−30%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
Hitman 3	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +20%	24−27 −20%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
+12.5%

8−9

−12.5%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

+0%

5−6

+0%

This is how PRO WX 2100 and Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) compete in popular games:

PRO WX 2100 is 13% faster in 1080p

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the PRO WX 2100 is 143% faster.
in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is 73% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

PRO WX 2100 is ahead in 52 tests (83%)
Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is ahead in 2 tests (3%)
there's a draw in 9 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.78	4.06
Recency	4 June 2017	28 May 2019
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	12 Watt

PRO WX 2100 has a 17.7% higher aggregate performance score.

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 191.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon PRO WX 2100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon PRO WX 2100 is a workstation card while Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is a notebook one.

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