Iris Xe Graphics G7 vs Radeon RX 560

Place in the ranking	468	425
Place by popularity	90	26
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.48	no data
Power efficiency	8.65	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	Polaris 21	Tiger Lake Xe
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	18 April 2017 (7 years ago)	15 August 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$99	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	1024	96
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,000 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	81.60	no data
Floating-point processing power	2.611 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	64	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	170 mm	no data
Width	2-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	4 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	112.0 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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	DirectX 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

−14.3%

40−45
+14.3%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

2.83

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FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Battlefield 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Battlefield 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Battlefield 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Metro Exodus	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Metro Exodus	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Battlefield 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%