Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs Intel HD Graphics 6000

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and Intel HD Graphics 6000 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2666 vs 875
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 383 vs 273
  • 3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11991 vs 3519
  • 4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5609 vs 1225
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 1363
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3259
  • 4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5609 vs 1225
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 1363
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3259
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 vs 5 September 2014
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 48
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2666 vs 875
PassMark - G2D Mark 383 vs 273
Geekbench - OpenCL 11991 vs 3519
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609 vs 1225
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 1363
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3259
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609 vs 1225
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 1363
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3259

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 6000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2666
875
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
383
273
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11991
3519
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
1225
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
1363
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3259
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
1225
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
1363
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3259
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 Intel HD Graphics 6000
PassMark - G3D Mark 2666 875
PassMark - G2D Mark 383 273
Geekbench - OpenCL 11991 3519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1137.615
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 192.566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609 1225
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 1363
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3259
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609 1225
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 1363
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3259

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 Intel HD Graphics 6000

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.0 Generation 8.0
Code name Tiger Lake GT1 Broadwell GT3
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 5 September 2014
Place in performance rating 594 1126
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 1000 MHz
Compute units 48
Core clock speed 300 MHz 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 211.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 1.690 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 844.8 GFLOPS
Pipelines 384 48
Pixel fill rate 13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x1
Width IGP

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit
Shared memory 1

Technologies

Quick Sync