Radeon PRO W7900 vs Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU)

Place in the ranking	689	12
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	16.63
Power efficiency	11.32	18.04
Architecture	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Ice Lake G4 Gen. 11	Navi 31
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	28 May 2019 (5 years ago)	13 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$3,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	48	6144
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1855 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	2495 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12-25 Watt	295 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	958.1
Floating-point processing power	no data	61.32 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	192
TMUs	no data	384
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	96

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	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	280 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 8-pin

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	DDR4	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	48 GB
Memory bus width	no data	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	864.0 GB/s
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 data

3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2.1

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.

DirectX	12_1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.2
Vulkan	-	1.3

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

−1775%

300−350
+1775%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

13.33

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8
−1757%

130−140

+1757%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	11 −1718%	200−210 +1718%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
Battlefield 5	9−10 −1678%	160−170 +1678%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9 −1678%	160−170 +1678%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1757%	130−140 +1757%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −1775%	150−160 +1775%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −1718%	200−210 +1718%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −1775%	450−500 +1775%
Hitman 3	9−10 −1678%	160−170 +1678%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −1752%	500−550 +1752%
Metro Exodus	19 −1742%	350−400 +1742%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10 −1700%	180−190 +1700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −1767%	280−290 +1767%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −1760%	800−850 +1760%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −1718%	200−210 +1718%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
Battlefield 5	9−10 −1678%	160−170 +1678%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1678%	160−170 +1678%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1757%	130−140 +1757%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −1775%	150−160 +1775%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −1718%	200−210 +1718%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −1775%	450−500 +1775%
Hitman 3	9−10 −1678%	160−170 +1678%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −1752%	500−550 +1752%
Metro Exodus	14 −1757%	260−270 +1757%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −1700%	180−190 +1700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −1767%	280−290 +1767%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −1775%	300−310 +1775%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −1760%	800−850 +1760%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −1718%	200−210 +1718%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1678%	160−170 +1678%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1757%	130−140 +1757%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −1775%	150−160 +1775%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −1775%	450−500 +1775%
Hitman 3	9−10 −1678%	160−170 +1678%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −1752%	500−550 +1752%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −1767%	280−290 +1767%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7 −1757%	130−140 +1757%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −1760%	800−850 +1760%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

−1700%

180−190
+1700%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −1757%	130−140 +1757%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −1733%	110−120 +1733%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −1775%	75−80 +1775%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1700%	90−95 +1700%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −1700%	90−95 +1700%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1775%	150−160 +1775%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −1678%	160−170 +1678%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 −1700%	450−500 +1700%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9
−1775%

150−160

+1775%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
Hitman 3	0−1	0−1
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−1700%

90−95
+1700%

This is how Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) and PRO W7900 compete in popular games:

PRO W7900 is 1775% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.06	76.35
Recency	28 May 2019	13 April 2023
Chip lithography	10 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	295 Watt

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) has 2358.3% lower power consumption.

PRO W7900, on the other hand, has a 1780.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon PRO W7900 is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) in performance tests.

Be aware that Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is a notebook card while Radeon PRO W7900 is a workstation one.

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