Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) vs HD Graphics 4000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1062not rated
Place by popularity42not in top-100
Power efficiency1.83no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT2Alder Lake Xe
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date14 May 2012 (12 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 cores12864
Core clock speed650 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology22 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknownno data
Texture fill rate16.00no data
Floating-point processing power0.256 TFLOPSno data
ROPs2no data
TMUs16no 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).

InterfaceRing Busno 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 typeSystem Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync++

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)DirectX 12_1
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.0no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2012 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 22 nm 10 nm

Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 120% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4000 and Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake). We've got no test results to judge.


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Intel HD Graphics 4000
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