Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs Radeon R7 260X

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking503not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.39no data
Power efficiency5.28no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code nameBonaireTiger Lake GT2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date8 October 2013 (10 years ago)2 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$139 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 cores896384
Core clock speedno data300 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1100 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate61.6026.40
Floating-point processing power1.971 TFLOPS0.8448 TFLOPS
ROPs1612
TMUs5624

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x1
Length170 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth104 GB/sno 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-
DDMA audio+no data
Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan-1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 October 2013 2 September 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 15 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics G4 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 666.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 260X and Iris Xe Graphics G4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R7 260X is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics G4 is a notebook one.


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