Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs vs GeForce GT 230M

Place in the ranking	1213	525
Place by popularity	not in top-100	48
Power efficiency	1.65	18.69
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	GT216	Tiger Lake Xe
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 June 2009 (15 years ago)	15 August 2020 (4 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 cores	48	80
Core clock speed	500 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1350 MHz
Number of transistors	486 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	28 Watt
Texture fill rate	8.000	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.1056 TFLOPS	no data
Gigaflops	158	no data
ROPs	8	no data
TMUs	16	no 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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	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	GDDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	Up to 1 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	Up to 600 (DDR2), Up to 800 (GDDR3), Up to 1066 (GDDR3) MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)	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	Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	HDA	no data

Supported technologies

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

Power management	8.0	no data
Quick Sync	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12_1
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	2.1	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 230M 0.55

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs 7.57
+1276%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GT 230M 2363

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs 21729
+820%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	1−2 −1800%	19 +1800%
1440p	0−1	10
4K	1−2 −1300%	14 +1300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−367%

14
+367%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −375%	18−20 +375%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −400%	14−16 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −333%	13 +333%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Hitman 3	5−6 −220%	16 +220%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −291%	40−45 +291%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −317%	24−27 +317%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −107%	62 +107%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −375%	18−20 +375%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −400%	14−16 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −233%	10 +233%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Hitman 3	5−6 −200%	15 +200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −291%	40−45 +291%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −300%	24 +300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −120%	21−24 +120%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −63.3%	49 +63.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −375%	18−20 +375%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −400%	14−16 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −167%	8 +167%
Hitman 3	5−6 −140%	12 +140%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −45.5%	16 +45.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −233%	20 +233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −10%	11 +10%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −83.3%	55−60 +83.3%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−1000%

10−12
+1000%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	7−8
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −800%	9−10 +800%
Hitman 3	6−7 −83.3%	10−12 +83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −4600%	45−50 +4600%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−333%

12−14
+333%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	3−4

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−250%

7−8
+250%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	19 +0%	19 +0%
Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Metro Exodus	38 +0%	38 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16 +0%	16 +0%
Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Metro Exodus	27 +0%	27 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

20−22

+0%

20−22

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5

14−16

+0%

14−16

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Metro Exodus	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16 +0%	16 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10 +0%	10 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Hitman 3	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

This is how GT 230M and Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs compete in popular games:

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is 1800% faster in 1080p
Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is 1300% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is 4600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is ahead in 35 tests (50%)
there's a draw in 35 tests (50%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.55	7.57
Recency	15 June 2009	15 August 2020
Chip lithography	40 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	28 Watt

GT 230M has 21.7% lower power consumption.

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs, on the other hand, has a 1276.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 230M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.