Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs vs Radeon Pro 555X

Place in the ranking	500	525
Place by popularity	not in top-100	48
Power efficiency	7.77	18.79
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	Polaris 21	Tiger Lake Xe
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	16 July 2018 (6 years ago)	15 August 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	768	80
Core clock speed	907 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1350 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	28 Watt
Texture fill rate	43.54	no data
Floating-point processing power	1.393 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	48	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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1275 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	81.6 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

no data

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	21−24 +10.5%	19 −10.5%
1440p	10−12 +0%	10 +0%
4K	14−16 +0%	14 +0%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

12−14

−7.7%

14
+7.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +10.5%	18−20 −10.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −58.3%	19 +58.3%
Battlefield 5	24−27 +13.6%	21−24 −13.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +13.3%	14−16 −13.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +0%	13 +0%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +11.8%	16−18 −11.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 +9.5%	21−24 −9.5%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +14.3%	45−50 −14.3%
Hitman 3	16−18 +0%	16 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +11.6%	40−45 −11.6%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −52%	38 +52%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 +15%	20−22 −15%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +12%	24−27 −12%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 −6.9%	62 +6.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +10.5%	18−20 −10.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −33.3%	16 +33.3%
Battlefield 5	24−27 +13.6%	21−24 −13.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +13.3%	14−16 −13.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +30%	10 −30%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +11.8%	16−18 −11.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 +9.5%	21−24 −9.5%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +14.3%	45−50 −14.3%
Hitman 3	16−18 +6.7%	15 −6.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +11.6%	40−45 −11.6%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −8%	27 +8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 +15%	20−22 −15%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +16.7%	24 −16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +9.1%	21−24 −9.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 +18.4%	49 −18.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +10.5%	18−20 −10.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +20%	10−11 −20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +13.3%	14−16 −13.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +62.5%	8 −62.5%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +11.8%	16−18 −11.8%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +14.3%	45−50 −14.3%
Hitman 3	16−18 +33.3%	12 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +200%	16 −200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +40%	20 −40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +118%	11 −118%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 +5.5%	55−60 −5.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24
+15%

20−22

−15%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +14.3%	14−16 −14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +18.2%	10−12 −18.2%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +25.9%	27−30 −25.9%
Hitman 3	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +12.5%	16−18 −12.5%
Metro Exodus	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −100%	16 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −25%	10 +25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +12.8%	45−50 −12.8%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16
+7.7%

12−14

−7.7%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Hitman 3	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +28%	24−27 −28%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9
+14.3%

7−8

−14.3%

This is how Pro 555X and Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs compete in popular games:

Pro 555X is 11% faster in 1080p
A tie in 1440p
A tie in 4K

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

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Pro 555X is 200% faster.
in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Pro 555X is ahead in 59 tests (82%)
Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is ahead in 8 tests (11%)
there's a draw in 5 tests (7%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.38	7.57
Recency	16 July 2018	15 August 2020
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	28 Watt

Pro 555X has a 10.7% higher aggregate performance score.

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 167.9% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro 555X is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro 555X is a mobile workstation card while Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is a mobile workstation one.

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