Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Place in the ranking	150	464
Place by popularity	not in top-100	75
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	19.77	no data
Power efficiency	7.90	23.35
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	Vega 10	Tiger Lake Xe
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	27 June 2017 (7 years ago)	15 August 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	4096	96
Core clock speed	1382 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	1350 MHz
Number of transistors	12,500 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	28 Watt
Texture fill rate	409.6	no data
Floating-point processing power	13.11 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	no data
TMUs	256	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 x16	no data
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	no data
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	945 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	483.8 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 HDMI, 3x 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

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12_1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.1.125	-

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	90−95 +246%	26 −246%
1440p	55−60 +244%	16 −244%
4K	35−40 +218%	11 −218%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	11.10	no data
1440p	18.16	no data
4K	28.54	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	22 +0%	22 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21 +0%	21 +0%
Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	36 +0%	36 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	16 +0%	16 +0%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Hitman 3	24 +0%	24 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	124 +0%	124 +0%
Metro Exodus	35 +0%	35 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	17 +0%	17 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90 +0%	90 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18 +0%	18 +0%
Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	32 +0%	32 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	13 +0%	13 +0%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Hitman 3	23 +0%	23 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	112 +0%	112 +0%
Metro Exodus	28 +0%	28 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	26 +0%	26 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30 +0%	30 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	84 +0%	84 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14 +0%	14 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	23 +0%	23 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	11 +0%	11 +0%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Hitman 3	20 +0%	20 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	23 +0%	23 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24 +0%	24 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 +0%	14 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7 +0%	7 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Hitman 3	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	19 +0%	19 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

+0%

16−18

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Hitman 3	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12 +0%	12 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	11 +0%	11 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

+0%

9−10

+0%

This is how Vega Frontier Edition and Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs compete in popular games:

Vega Frontier Edition is 246% faster in 1080p
Vega Frontier Edition is 244% faster in 1440p
Vega Frontier Edition is 218% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	34.28	9.46
Recency	27 June 2017	15 August 2020
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	28 Watt

Vega Frontier Edition has a 262.4% higher aggregate performance score.

Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 971.4% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is a workstation card while Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs is a notebook one.

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