Intel Arc Pro A40 vs Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc Pro A40 and Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Arc Pro A40

Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Pro A40

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1100 MHz
16x more pipelines: 1024 vs 64
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 10 nm

Launch date	8 Aug 2022 vs 28 May 2019
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Pipelines	1024 vs 64
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 10 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)

2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc Pro A40
GPU 2: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)

Name	Intel Arc Pro A40	Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
Geekbench - OpenCL	33127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3751
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3751
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc Pro A40	Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Intel Gen. 11 (Ice Lake)
Code name	DG2-128	Ice Lake G7 Gen. 11
Launch date	8 Aug 2022	28 May 2019
Place in performance rating	681	682
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	10 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	870.4 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	6.963 TFLOPS (2:1)	2.25 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	3.482 TFLOPS	1.12 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	64
Pixel fill rate	54.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR4
Shared memory		Yes
Technologies
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