Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU vs Intel HD Graphics 515

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU and Intel HD Graphics 515 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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 Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU

Intel HD Graphics 515

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 950 MHz
4.6x more texture fill rate: 105.6 GTexel/s vs 22.80 GTexel/s
32x more pipelines: 768 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm

Launch date	2 Sep 2020 vs 1 September 2015
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 950 MHz
Texture fill rate	105.6 GTexel/s vs 22.80 GTexel/s
Pipelines	768 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 515

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU	Intel HD Graphics 515
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1244
PassMark - G2D Mark		190
PassMark - G3D Mark		633
Geekbench - OpenCL		2868
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1657
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1657

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU	Intel HD Graphics 515
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.0	Generation 9.0
Code name	Tiger Lake GT2	Skylake GT2
Launch date	2 Sep 2020	1 September 2015
Place in performance rating	1423	1425
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	950 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	422.4 GFLOPS	91.20 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	3.379 TFLOPS	729.6 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1.690 TFLOPS	364.8 GFLOPS
Pipelines	768	24
Pixel fill rate	26.40 GPixel/s	2.850 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	105.6 GTexel/s	22.80 GTexel/s
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
OpenCL	2.1	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		16 GB
Memory bus width		64 / 128 Bit
Memory type		DDR3L / LPDDR3
Shared memory		Yes
Technologies
Quick Sync