Iris Xe Graphics G7 vs Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870

Place in performance ranking	335	396
Place by popularity	not in top-100	16
Architecture	Vega (2017−2021)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	Vega Kaby Lake-G	Tiger Lake Xe
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2018 (6 years ago)	15 August 2020 (3 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 cores	1280	96
Core clock speed	931 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 and Iris Xe Graphics G7 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size

medium sized

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	HBM2	DDR4
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX

12_1

DirectX 12_1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX Vega M GL / 870 14.39
+34.9%

Iris Xe Graphics G7 10.67

Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 outperforms Iris Xe Graphics G7 by 35% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX Vega M GL / 870 9862
+47%

Iris Xe Graphics G7 6710

Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 outperforms Iris Xe Graphics G7 by 47% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX Vega M GL / 870 7329
+52.1%

Iris Xe Graphics G7 4820

Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 outperforms Iris Xe Graphics G7 by 52% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX Vega M GL / 870 38812
+2%

Iris Xe Graphics G7 38040

Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 outperforms Iris Xe Graphics G7 by 2% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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	44 +46.7%	30−35 −46.7%
1440p	23 +43.8%	16−18 −43.8%
4K	14 +40%	10−12 −40%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

21−24
+37.5%

16−18

−37.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	47 +114%	21−24 −114%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +50%	16−18 −50%
Battlefield 5	62 +72.2%	35−40 −72.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	44 +57.1%	27−30 −57.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +37.5%	16−18 −37.5%
Far Cry 5	42 +55.6%	27−30 −55.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	44 +51.7%	27−30 −51.7%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +34.2%	35−40 −34.2%
Hitman 3	35−40 +44.4%	27−30 −44.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 +36.4%	21−24 −36.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35 +94.4%	18−20 −94.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	41 +78.3%	21−24 −78.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +50%	18−20 −50%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	39 +77.3%	21−24 −77.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +50%	16−18 −50%
Battlefield 5	52 +44.4%	35−40 −44.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	36 +28.6%	27−30 −28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +37.5%	16−18 −37.5%
Far Cry 5	39 +44.4%	27−30 −44.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	41 +41.4%	27−30 −41.4%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +34.2%	35−40 −34.2%
Hitman 3	35−40 +44.4%	27−30 −44.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 +36.4%	21−24 −36.4%
Metro Exodus	24 +50%	16−18 −50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16 −12.5%	18−20 +12.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	33 +43.5%	21−24 −43.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	41 +86.4%	21−24 −86.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +50%	18−20 −50%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	23 +4.5%	21−24 −4.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +50%	16−18 −50%
Battlefield 5	48 +33.3%	35−40 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +37.5%	16−18 −37.5%
Far Cry 5	36 +33.3%	27−30 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	38 +31%	27−30 −31%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +34.2%	35−40 −34.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24 +9.1%	21−24 −9.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +50%	18−20 −50%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21 +40%	14−16 −40%
Hitman 3	21−24 +37.5%	16−18 −37.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 +25%	16−18 −25%
Metro Exodus	14 +55.6%	9−10 −55.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	19 +35.7%	14−16 −35.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	17 +70%	10−11 −70%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Battlefield 5	34 +78.9%	18−20 −78.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Far Cry 5	24 +41.2%	16−18 −41.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	27 +50%	18−20 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +47.4%	18−20 −47.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +40%	10−11 −40%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Hitman 3	12−14 +44.4%	9−10 −44.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9 +50%	6−7 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 +75%	8−9 −75%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	11 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Battlefield 5	16 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	12 +50%	8−9 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	13 +18.2%	10−12 −18.2%
Forza Horizon 4	20−22 +53.8%	12−14 −53.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%

This is how RX Vega M GL / 870 and Iris Xe Graphics G7 compete in popular games:

RX Vega M GL / 870 is 47% faster in 1080p
RX Vega M GL / 870 is 44% faster in 1440p
RX Vega M GL / 870 is 40% faster in 4K

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

in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega M GL / 870 is 114% faster than the Iris Xe Graphics G7.
in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Iris Xe Graphics G7 is 13% faster than the RX Vega M GL / 870.

All in all, in popular games: