Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) vs HD Graphics P530

Place in the ranking	791	686
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	12.83	11.25
Architecture	Generation 9.0 (2015−2016)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	Skylake GT2	Ice Lake G4 Gen. 11
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	1 September 2015 (9 years ago)	28 May 2019 (5 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	192	48
Core clock speed	350 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm+	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	12-25 Watt
Texture fill rate	18.40	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.4416 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	3	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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	no data
Width	IGP	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	DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4	DDR4
Maximum RAM amount	1740 MB	no data
Memory bus width	System Shared	no data
Memory clock speed	System Shared	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

No outputs

no 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.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12_1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.1	no data
Vulkan	1.1.97	-

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

10−12

−60%

16
+60%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−40%

7−8
+40%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −22.2%	11 +22.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Battlefield 5	4−5 −125%	9−10 +125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −28.6%	9 +28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −57.1%	10−12 +57.1%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −71.4%	24−27 +71.4%
Hitman 3	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −28.6%	27−30 +28.6%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −533%	19 +533%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −42.9%	10 +42.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −25%	14−16 +25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −13.2%	40−45 +13.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Battlefield 5	4−5 −125%	9−10 +125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −57.1%	10−12 +57.1%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −71.4%	24−27 +71.4%
Hitman 3	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −28.6%	27−30 +28.6%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −367%	14 +367%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −25%	14−16 +25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −13.2%	40−45 +13.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −71.4%	24−27 +71.4%
Hitman 3	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −28.6%	27−30 +28.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −25%	14−16 +25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +100%	7 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −13.2%	40−45 +13.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−42.9%

10−11
+42.9%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Hitman 3	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 −56.3%	24−27 +56.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

−33.3%

8−9
+33.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	2−3
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−25%

5−6
+25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4

5−6

+0%

5−6

+0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	0−1	0−1
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

0−1

This is how HD Graphics P530 and Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) compete in popular games:

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is 60% faster in 1080p

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD Graphics P530 is 100% faster.
in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is 533% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD Graphics P530 is ahead in 1 test (2%)
Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is ahead in 57 tests (93%)
there's a draw in 3 tests (5%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.78	4.06
Recency	1 September 2015	28 May 2019
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	12 Watt

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) has a 46% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

The Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics P530 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics P530 is a desktop card while Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is a notebook one.

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