ION LE vs UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)

Place in the ranking	645	1358
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	0.87
Architecture	Gen. 12 (2021−2023)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Tiger Lake Xe	ION
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	11 May 2021 (3 years ago)	3 June 2008 (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	282 million
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	20 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

PCI

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 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	18	0−1
1440p	25 +2400%	1−2 −2400%
4K	12	0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	11	0−1
Battlefield 5	12−14	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−11	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +2800%	1−2 −2800%
Hitman 3	10	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +3000%	1−2 −3000%
Metro Exodus	22 +2100%	1−2 −2100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	15	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	47 +2250%	2−3 −2250%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9	0−1
Battlefield 5	12−14	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−11	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +2800%	1−2 −2800%
Hitman 3	9	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +3000%	1−2 −3000%
Metro Exodus	16	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	43 +2050%	2−3 −2050%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−11	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +2800%	1−2 −2800%
Hitman 3	10−11	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	10	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +2150%	2−3 −2150%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	9−10	0−1
Hitman 3	9−10	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12	0−1
Metro Exodus	2−3	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +2900%	1−2 −2900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

0−1

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Hitman 3	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6	0−1
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

0−1

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

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.72	0.25
Recency	11 May 2021	3 June 2008
Chip lithography	10 nm	65 nm

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) has a 1788% 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 ION LE in performance tests.

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