GeForce G205M vs UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)

Place in the ranking	655	1377
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	1.16
Architecture	Gen. 12 (2021−2023)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Tiger Lake Xe	C79
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	11 May 2021 (3 years ago)	8 January 2009 (16 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	32	16
Core clock speed	350 MHz	450 MHz
Boost clock speed	1450 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	314 million
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	14 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	3.600
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.0352 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	4
TMUs	no data	8

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 1.0 x16

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

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

DirectX	12_1	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	no data	4.0
OpenGL	no data	3.3
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A

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	17	0−1
1440p	25 +2400%	1−2 −2400%
4K	12	0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	14−16	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	10	0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	14−16	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	22 +2100%	1−2 −2100%
Forza Horizon 5	12	0−1
Metro Exodus	14	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	15	0−1
Valorant	12−14	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	14−16	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11	0−1
Dota 2	19	0−1
Far Cry 5	23 +2200%	1−2 −2200%
Fortnite	27−30 +2700%	1−2 −2700%
Forza Horizon 4	17	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	9−10	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	11	0−1
Metro Exodus	7	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 +3900%	1−2 −3900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18	0−1
Valorant	12−14	0−1
World of Tanks	75−80 +2500%	3−4 −2500%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	14−16	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11	0−1
Dota 2	33 +3200%	1−2 −3200%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +2200%	1−2 −2200%
Forza Horizon 4	16	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	9−10	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 +3900%	1−2 −3900%
Valorant	12−14	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	4−5	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	5−6	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 +3000%	1−2 −3000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4	0−1
World of Tanks	30−35 +3300%	1−2 −3300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9−10	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−11	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	7−8	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	6−7	0−1
Metro Exodus	3−4	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9	0−1
Valorant	12−14	0−1

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	0−1
Dota 2	12	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6	0−1
Fortnite	4−5	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	2−3	0−1
Valorant	4−5	0−1

This is how UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) and GeForce G205M compete in popular games:

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is 2400% faster in 1440p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.69	0.23
Recency	11 May 2021	8 January 2009
Chip lithography	10 nm	65 nm

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) has a 1939.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 550% more advanced lithography process.

The UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce G205M in performance tests.

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