Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 vs GeForce RTX 2080

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 2080 with Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7, including specs and performance data.

RTX 2080
2018
8 GB GDDR6, 215 Watt
48.82
+391%

RTX 2080 outperforms Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 by a whopping 391% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking65455
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation26.60no data
Power efficiency15.63no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameTU104Tiger Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 September 2018 (6 years ago)15 August 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores294496
Core clock speed1515 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1710 MHzno data
Number of transistors13,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)215 Wattno data
Texture fill rate314.6no data
Floating-point processing power10.07 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs184no data
Tensor Cores368no data
Ray Tracing Cores46no 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 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6DDR4
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth448.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-Cno data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data
Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)DirectX 12_1
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA7.5-

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.

RTX 2080 48.82
+391%
Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 9.95

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 2080 17810
+256%
Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 5000

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 HD144
+433%
27−30
−433%
1440p101
+461%
18−21
−461%
4K72
+414%
14−16
−414%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.85no data
1440p6.92no data
4K9.71no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 100−110
+414%
21−24
−414%
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
+414%
21−24
−414%
Elden Ring 170−180
+406%
35−40
−406%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 90
+181%
30−35
−181%
Counter-Strike 2 100−110
+414%
21−24
−414%
Cyberpunk 2077 50
+400%
10−11
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 250−260
+528%
40−45
−528%
Metro Exodus 105
+400%
21−24
−400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 109
+319%
24−27
−319%
Valorant 249
+573%
35−40
−573%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 188
+488%
30−35
−488%
Counter-Strike 2 100−110
+414%
21−24
−414%
Cyberpunk 2077 43
+438%
8−9
−438%
Dota 2 87
+142%
35−40
−142%
Elden Ring 170−180
+406%
35−40
−406%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+161%
40−45
−161%
Fortnite 193
+233%
55−60
−233%
Forza Horizon 4 250−260
+528%
40−45
−528%
Grand Theft Auto V 131
+274%
35−40
−274%
Metro Exodus 88
+226%
27−30
−226%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 245
+218%
75−80
−218%
Red Dead Redemption 2 80
+208%
24−27
−208%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 170−180
+480%
30−33
−480%
Valorant 145
+292%
35−40
−292%
World of Tanks 270−280
+95.1%
140−150
−95.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 79
+147%
30−35
−147%
Counter-Strike 2 100−110
+414%
21−24
−414%
Cyberpunk 2077 38
+443%
7−8
−443%
Dota 2 140−150
+292%
35−40
−292%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+161%
40−45
−161%
Forza Horizon 4 250−260
+528%
40−45
−528%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160
+108%
75−80
−108%
Valorant 223
+396%
45−50
−396%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 90−95
+422%
18−20
−422%
Elden Ring 100−110
+419%
21−24
−419%
Grand Theft Auto V 90−95
+623%
12−14
−623%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+400%
35−40
−400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 52
+550%
8−9
−550%
World of Tanks 300−350
+417%
60−65
−417%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 80
+321%
18−20
−321%
Counter-Strike 2 55−60
+450%
10−11
−450%
Cyberpunk 2077 25
+400%
5−6
−400%
Far Cry 5 150−160
+595%
21−24
−595%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+582%
21−24
−582%
Metro Exodus 89
+394%
18−20
−394%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90−95
+417%
18−20
−417%
Valorant 161
+437%
30−33
−437%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 50−55
+440%
10−11
−440%
Dota 2 107
+410%
21−24
−410%
Elden Ring 50−55
+430%
10−11
−430%
Grand Theft Auto V 107
+435%
20−22
−435%
Metro Exodus 39
+680%
5−6
−680%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 146
+441%
27−30
−441%
Red Dead Redemption 2 34
+467%
6−7
−467%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 107
+435%
20−22
−435%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 60
+567%
9−10
−567%
Counter-Strike 2 50−55
+440%
10−11
−440%
Cyberpunk 2077 12
+500%
2−3
−500%
Dota 2 100−110
+415%
20−22
−415%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+567%
12−14
−567%
Fortnite 75−80
+443%
14−16
−443%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+608%
12−14
−608%
Valorant 88
+450%
16−18
−450%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Far Cry 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Fortnite 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Metro Exodus 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Valorant 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

4K
High Preset

Valorant 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

This is how RTX 2080 and Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 is 433% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2080 is 461% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2080 is 414% faster in 4K

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 2080 is 680% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 is ahead in 34 tests (76%)
  • there's a draw in 11 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 48.82 9.95
Recency 20 September 2018 15 August 2020
Chip lithography 12 nm 10 nm

RTX 2080 has a 390.7% higher aggregate performance score.

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2080 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 is a desktop card while Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is a notebook one.


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

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