Iris Xe Graphics 96EU: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Iris Xe Graphics 96EU sales 4 January 2023. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Generation 12.2 architecture and made with 10 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers.
Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via Ring Bus interface. Power consumption is at 15 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Iris Xe Graphics 96EU: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Generation 12.2 (2022−2023) | |
| GPU code name | Raptor Lake GT1 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 4 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Iris Xe Graphics 96EU's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Iris Xe Graphics 96EU's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 768 | of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090) |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | of 2610 MHz (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1500 MHz | of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 72.00 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.304 TFLOPS | of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090) |
| ROPs | 24 | of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX) |
| TMUs | 48 | of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Iris Xe Graphics 96EU and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | Ring Bus |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Iris Xe Graphics 96EU: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | System Shared | |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile) |
| Shared memory | + |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Iris Xe Graphics 96EU. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Iris Xe Graphics 96EU, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.3 |
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