Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU vs GeForce Go 7900 GTX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1170not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.07no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code nameG71Tiger Lake GT2
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date18 April 2006 (18 years ago)2 September 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 cores32768
Core clock speed500 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed500 MHz1100 MHz
Number of transistors278 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology90 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate12.0052.80
Floating-point processing powerno data1.69 TFLOPS
ROPs1624
TMUs2448

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16Ring Bus
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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed600 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.6
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 April 2006 2 September 2020
Chip lithography 90 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 15 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU has an age advantage of 14 years, a 800% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

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