UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs vs Riva 128 PCI

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated660
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data11.74
Architectureno dataGen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameNV3Tiger Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 April 1997 (27 years ago)15 August 2020 (4 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 coresno data48
Core clock speed100 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1450 MHz
Number of transistors4 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology350 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)4 Watt28 Watt
Texture fill rate0.1no data
ROPs1no data
TMUs1no 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).

InterfacePCIno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeSDRno data
Maximum RAM amount4 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed100 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth1.6 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x VGA, 1x DB13W3no data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX5.012_1
OpenGL1.0no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 1997 15 August 2020
Chip lithography 350 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 4 Watt 28 Watt

Riva 128 PCI has 600% lower power consumption.

UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 23 years, and a 3400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Riva 128 PCI and UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Riva 128 PCI is a desktop card while UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Riva 128 PCI
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Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs
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