Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs Intel UHD Graphics 630

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and Intel UHD Graphics 630 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 1833.3x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 28.8 GTexel / s
  • 16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2666 vs 1237
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 383 vs 299
  • 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11991 vs 4657
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 79.859 vs 27.517
  • 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1137.615 vs 354.254
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.569 vs 1.807
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 61.688 vs 20.323
  • 6.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 192.566 vs 29.327
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5609 vs 1870
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 1596
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3309
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5609 vs 1870
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 1596
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3309
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 vs 1 September 2017
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s vs 28.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2666 vs 1237
PassMark - G2D Mark 383 vs 299
Geekbench - OpenCL 11991 vs 4657
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.859 vs 27.517
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1137.615 vs 354.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.569 vs 1.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.688 vs 20.323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 192.566 vs 29.327
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609 vs 1870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 1596
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609 vs 1870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 1596
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3309

Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics 630

  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 350 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1100 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: Intel UHD Graphics 630

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2666
1237
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
383
299
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11991
4657
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.859
27.517
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1137.615
354.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.569
1.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
61.688
20.323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
192.566
29.327
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
1870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
1596
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
1870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
1596
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3309
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 Intel UHD Graphics 630
PassMark - G3D Mark 2666 1237
PassMark - G2D Mark 383 299
Geekbench - OpenCL 11991 4657
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.859 27.517
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1137.615 354.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.569 1.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.688 20.323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 192.566 29.327
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609 1870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 1596
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609 1870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 1596
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3309
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 68

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 Intel UHD Graphics 630

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.0 Generation 9.5
Code name Tiger Lake GT1 Coffee Lake GT2
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 1 September 2017
Place in performance rating 594 1234
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 1200 MHz
Compute units 48
Core clock speed 300 MHz 350 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 24
Pixel fill rate 13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s 28.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Floating-point performance 460.8 gflops
Transistor count 189 million

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 12.0 (12_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

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