Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs Intel UHD Graphics

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and Intel UHD Graphics videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. 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 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 1833.3x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 28.80
  • 2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2666 vs 1493
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 383 vs 293
  • 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 79.859 vs 22.935
  • 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1137.615 vs 337.37
  • 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.569 vs 1.338
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 61.688 vs 19.62
  • 6.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 192.566 vs 29.757
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 vs 21 Aug 2019
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s vs 28.80
Pipelines 384 vs 192
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2666 vs 1493
PassMark - G2D Mark 383 vs 293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.859 vs 22.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1137.615 vs 337.37
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.569 vs 1.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.688 vs 19.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 192.566 vs 29.757

Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics

  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1100 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: Intel UHD Graphics

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2666
1493
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
383
293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.859
22.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1137.615
337.37
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.569
1.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
61.688
19.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
192.566
29.757
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 Intel UHD Graphics
PassMark - G3D Mark 2666 1493
PassMark - G2D Mark 383 293
Geekbench - OpenCL 11991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.859 22.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1137.615 337.37
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.569 1.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.688 19.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 192.566 29.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 Intel UHD Graphics

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.0 Generation 9.5
Code name Tiger Lake GT1 Comet Lake GT2
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 21 Aug 2019
Place in performance rating 594 1167
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 1200 MHz
Compute units 48
Core clock speed 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 384 192
Pixel fill rate 13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s 28.80
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x1
Width IGP

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.1
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan