Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) vs GeForce 7300 GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameG72Alder Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 January 2006 (18 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

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 coresno data64
Core clock speed450 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1400 MHz
Number of transistors112 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology90 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Wattno data
Texture fill rate1.800no data
ROPs2no data
TMUs4no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR2no data
Maximum RAM amount256 MBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed266 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth4.256 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Videono data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)DirectX 12_1
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 January 2006 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 90 nm 10 nm

Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) has an age advantage of 15 years, and a 800% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7300 GS and Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 7300 GS is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) is a notebook one.


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