Iris Xe MAX Graphics vs Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7

Place in the ranking	451	624
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	14.01
Architecture	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)	Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code name	Tiger Lake Xe	DG1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 August 2020 (4 years ago)	31 October 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 cores	96	768
Core clock speed	no data	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	79.20
Floating-point processing power	no data	2.534 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	24
TMUs	no data	48

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

no data

PCIe 4.0 x4

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	DDR4	LPDDR4X
Maximum RAM amount	no data	4 GB
Memory bus width	no data	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	2133 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	68.26 GB/s
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

no data

No outputs

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	DirectX 12_1	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.4
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 10.05
+96.7%

Iris Xe MAX Graphics 5.11

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.

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 5000

Iris Xe MAX Graphics 6333
+26.7%

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	50−55 +85.2%	27 −85.2%
1440p	30−35 +76.5%	17 −76.5%
4K	27−30 +80%	15 −80%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −12.5%	27−30 +12.5%
Battlefield 5	30−35 −16.1%	35−40 +16.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 −15%	21−24 +15%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −17.4%	27−30 +17.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 −14.3%	30−35 +14.3%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −15.2%	75−80 +15.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −13%	60−65 +13%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 −22.2%	33 +22.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −15.6%	35−40 +15.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −12.5%	27−30 +12.5%
Battlefield 5	30−35 −16.1%	35−40 +16.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 −15%	21−24 +15%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −17.4%	27−30 +17.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 −14.3%	30−35 +14.3%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −15.2%	75−80 +15.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −13%	60−65 +13%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −38.7%	43 +38.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 −18.5%	30−35 +18.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −3.1%	33 +3.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −11.5%	27−30 +11.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −12.5%	27−30 +12.5%
Battlefield 5	30−35 +121%	14−16 −121%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −17.4%	27−30 +17.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +100%	14−16 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −15.2%	75−80 +15.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +44.4%	18 −44.4%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +100%	5−6 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 +100%	10−11 −100%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +100%	7−8 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +100%	8−9 −100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +117%	6−7 −117%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Battlefield 5	18−20 +111%	9−10 −111%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −18.2%	12−14 +18.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +114%	7−8 −114%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −22.7%	50−55 +22.7%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −23.8%	50−55 +23.8%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −57.1%	11 +57.1%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Battlefield 5	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −25%	14−16 +25%

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

18−20

+0%

18−20

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	19 +0%	19 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Hitman 3	24 +0%	24 +0%
Metro Exodus	57 +0%	57 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6 +0%	6 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Hitman 3	23 +0%	23 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Hitman 3	21 +0%	21 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	26 +0%	26 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	29 +0%	29 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Hitman 3	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20 +0%	20 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

+0%

18−20

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	11 +0%	11 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12

+0%

10−12

+0%

This is how Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 and Iris Xe MAX Graphics compete in popular games:

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is 85% faster in 1080p
Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is 76% faster in 1440p
Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is 80% faster in 4K

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is 44% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 57% faster.

All in all, in popular games: