Iris Xe Graphics 80EU vs HD Graphics 615

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking913not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency25.66no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.5 (2016−2020)Generation 12.2 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameKaby Lake GT2Raptor Lake GT1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date30 August 2016 (8 years ago)4 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores192640
Core clock speed300 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHz1450 MHz
Number of transistors189 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm++10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)5 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate20.4058.00
Floating-point processing power0.3264 TFLOPS1.856 TFLOPS
ROPs320
TMUs2440

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 BusRing Bus

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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount16 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
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 DependentPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 August 2016 4 January 2023
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 5 Watt 15 Watt

HD Graphics 615 has 200% lower power consumption.

Iris Xe Graphics 80EU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 615 and Iris Xe Graphics 80EU. We've got no test results to judge.


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