UHD Graphics 16EU vs UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking639not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 12 (2021−2023)Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code nameTiger Lake XeRocket Lake GT1
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date11 May 2021 (3 years ago)2021 (3 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 cores32128
Core clock speed350 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1450 MHz900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology10 nm14 nm+++
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data7.200
Floating-point processing powerno data0.2304 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data8

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).

Interfaceno dataRing Bus
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeno dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus widthno dataSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
Shared memory+no 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 Connectorsno dataMotherboard Dependent

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.

DirectX12_112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 10 nm 14 nm

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) has a 40% more advanced lithography process.

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

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


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Intel UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
Intel UHD Graphics 16EU
UHD Graphics 16EU

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