Iris Xe Graphics 96EU vs Radeon R7 (Carrizo)

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking898not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)Generation 12.2 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameCarrizoAlder Lake GT1
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 June 2015 (9 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores512768
Boost clock speed800 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors2410 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rateno data67.20
Floating-point performanceno data2.15 gflops

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataRing Bus
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeno dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width64/128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
Shared memory+no data

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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 June 2015 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 45 Watt

R7 (Carrizo) has 275% lower power consumption.

Iris Xe Graphics 96EU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 (Carrizo) and Iris Xe Graphics 96EU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R7 (Carrizo) is a notebook card while Iris Xe Graphics 96EU is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
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