Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) vs UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU)

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking732not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameIce Lake G1 Gen. 11Alder Lake Xe
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date28 May 2019 (5 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3264
Core clock speed300 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1100 MHz1400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology10 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-25 Wattno 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 typeDDR4no data
Shared memory++

Supported technologies

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Quick Sync++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_1DirectX 12_1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 May 2019 4 January 2022

We couldn't decide between UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) and Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake). We've got no test results to judge.


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