Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs FirePro W7000

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	417	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.95	no data
Power efficiency	5.13	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	Tiger Lake GT2
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	13 June 2012 (12 years ago)	2 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$899	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1280	384
Core clock speed	950 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	76.00	26.40
Floating-point processing power	2.432 TFLOPS	0.8448 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	12
TMUs	80	24

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x1
Length	242 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	IGP
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
StereoOutput3D	+	-
DisplayPort count	4	no data
Dual-link DVI support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync

no data

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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 June 2012	2 September 2020
Chip lithography	28 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	15 Watt

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