Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) vs UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking619not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameTiger Lake XeAlder Lake Xe
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 August 2020 (3 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 cores4864
Core clock speed350 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1450 MHz1400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology10 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)28 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.

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 15 August 2020 4 January 2022

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