RTX A500 vs Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)

Place in the ranking	608	308
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	15.04	20.31
Architecture	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Ice Lake G7 Gen. 11	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	28 May 2019 (5 years ago)	10 November 2021 (3 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	64	2048
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1770 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12-25 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	113.3
Floating-point processing power	no data	7.25 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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 x8
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	4 GB
Memory bus width	no data	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	112.0 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

No outputs

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	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

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

−224%

55−60
+224%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10
−200%

27−30

+200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −200%	45−50 +200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −200%	18−20 +200%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −200%	45−50 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −192%	35−40 +192%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −200%	27−30 +200%
Far Cry 5	12 −192%	35−40 +192%
Far Cry New Dawn	9 −200%	27−30 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −206%	110−120 +206%
Hitman 3	12−14 −192%	35−40 +192%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −214%	110−120 +214%
Metro Exodus	18 −206%	55−60 +206%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12 −192%	35−40 +192%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20−22 −200%	60−65 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55 −209%	170−180 +209%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −200%	45−50 +200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −200%	18−20 +200%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −200%	45−50 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −192%	35−40 +192%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −200%	27−30 +200%
Far Cry 5	11 −218%	35−40 +218%
Far Cry New Dawn	4 −200%	12−14 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −206%	110−120 +206%
Hitman 3	12−14 −192%	35−40 +192%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −214%	110−120 +214%
Metro Exodus	14 −221%	45−50 +221%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9 −200%	27−30 +200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17 −224%	55−60 +224%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −216%	60−65 +216%
Watch Dogs: Legion	51 −214%	160−170 +214%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −200%	45−50 +200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −200%	18−20 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −192%	35−40 +192%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −200%	27−30 +200%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −192%	35−40 +192%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −206%	110−120 +206%
Hitman 3	12−14 −192%	35−40 +192%
Horizon Zero Dawn	11 −218%	35−40 +218%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	15 −200%	45−50 +200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9 −200%	27−30 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −213%	150−160 +213%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

−200%

45−50
+200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −200%	30−33 +200%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −200%	24−27 +200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −220%	16−18 +220%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −220%	16−18 +220%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −200%	18−20 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −200%	45−50 +200%
Hitman 3	10−11 −200%	30−33 +200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −192%	35−40 +192%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −220%	16−18 +220%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −214%	110−120 +214%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

−200%

30−33
+200%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
Hitman 3	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −218%	35−40 +218%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −220%	16−18 +220%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%