Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) vs ATI Radeon X550

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	691
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	11.32
Architecture	Rage 9 (2003−2006)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	RV370	Ice Lake G4 Gen. 11
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	1 July 2005 (19 years ago)	28 May 2019 (5 years ago)

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	no data	48
Core clock speed	400 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	107 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	12-25 Watt
Texture fill rate	1.600	no data
ROPs	4	no data
TMUs	4	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 1.0 x16	no data
Width	1-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	DDR	DDR4
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	250 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	8 GB/s	no data
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 Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

no data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0	12_1
OpenGL	2.0	no data
OpenCL	N/A	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 July 2005	28 May 2019
Chip lithography	110 nm	10 nm

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