UHD Graphics 32EUs (Alder Lake) vs UHD Graphics 16EU

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated716
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 12.1 (2020−2021)no data
GPU code nameRocket Lake GT1no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2021 (3 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores12832
Core clock speed300 MHz1250 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm+++no data
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate7.200no data
Floating-point processing power0.2304 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs8no 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).

InterfaceRing Busno data
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno 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 ConnectorsMotherboard Dependentno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12_1
Shader Model6.6no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between UHD Graphics 16EU and UHD Graphics 32EUs (Alder Lake). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that UHD Graphics 16EU is a desktop card while UHD Graphics 32EUs (Alder Lake) is a notebook one.


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Intel UHD Graphics 16EU
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