Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs vs UHD Graphics 617

Place in the ranking	857	528
Place by popularity	not in top-100	65
Power efficiency	10.23	18.54
Architecture	Generation 9.5 (2016−2020)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	Amber Lake GT2	Tiger Lake Xe
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 November 2018 (6 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 cores	192	80
Core clock speed	300 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	1350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	28 Watt
Texture fill rate	25.20	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.4032 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	3	no data
TMUs	24	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

Ring Bus

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	System Shared	no data
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	no data
Memory bus width	System Shared	no data
Memory clock speed	System Shared	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

Portable Device Dependent

no data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

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	3.0	no data
Vulkan	1.3	-

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.

UHD Graphics 617 2.24

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs 7.58
+238%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

UHD Graphics 617 1541

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs 5332
+246%

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.

UHD Graphics 617 997

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs 4010
+302%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

UHD Graphics 617 7231

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs 21931
+203%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

UHD Graphics 617 77156

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs 166479
+116%

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

UHD Graphics 617 300

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs 1180
+293%

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	14 −35.7%	19 +35.7%
1440p	2−3 −400%	10 +400%
4K	5−6 −240%	17 +240%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−250%

14
+250%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −171%	18−20 +171%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −2100%	21−24 +2100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −200%	14−16 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −225%	13 +225%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −467%	16−18 +467%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −600%	45−50 +600%
Hitman 3	6−7 −167%	16 +167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −153%	40−45 +153%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −400%	20−22 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −178%	24−27 +178%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −77.1%	62 +77.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −171%	18−20 +171%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −2100%	21−24 +2100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −200%	14−16 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −150%	10 +150%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −467%	16−18 +467%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −600%	45−50 +600%
Hitman 3	6−7 −150%	15 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −153%	40−45 +153%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −400%	20−22 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −167%	24 +167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −83.3%	21−24 +83.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −40%	49 +40%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −171%	18−20 +171%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −200%	14−16 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −100%	8 +100%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −467%	16−18 +467%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −600%	45−50 +600%
Hitman 3	6−7 −100%	12 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +6.3%	16 −6.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −122%	20 +122%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +9.1%	11 −9.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −57.1%	55−60 +57.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−400%

20−22
+400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −267%	10−12 +267%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −350%	9−10 +350%
Hitman 3	7−8 −57.1%	10−12 +57.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −900%	10 +900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −370%	45−50 +370%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−160%

12−14
+160%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−400%

5−6
+400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	3−4
Far Cry 5	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	2−3

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−133%

7−8
+133%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	19 +0%	19 +0%
Metro Exodus	38 +0%	38 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16 +0%	16 +0%
Metro Exodus	27 +0%	27 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

10−11

+0%

10−11

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Metro Exodus	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16 +0%	16 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Hitman 3	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

This is how UHD Graphics 617 and Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs compete in popular games:

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is 36% faster in 1080p
Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is 400% faster in 1440p
Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is 240% 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 UHD Graphics 617 is 9% faster.
in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is 2100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

UHD Graphics 617 is ahead in 2 tests (3%)
Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is ahead in 51 test (73%)
there's a draw in 17 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.24	7.58
Recency	7 November 2018	15 August 2020
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	28 Watt

UHD Graphics 617 has 86.7% lower power consumption.

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs, on the other hand, has a 238.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is our recommended choice as it beats the UHD Graphics 617 in performance tests.

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