Iris Xe Graphics G4: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Iris Xe Graphics G4 sales 2 September 2020. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Generation 12.1 architecture and made with 10 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers.
Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x1 interface. Power consumption is at 15 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Iris Xe Graphics G4: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Generation 12.1 (2020−2021) | |
| GPU code name | Tiger Lake GT2 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 2 September 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Iris Xe Graphics G4's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Iris Xe Graphics G4's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 | of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090) |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
| Boost clock speed | 1100 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 | 26.40 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8448 TFLOPS | of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090) |
| ROPs | 12 | of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX) |
| TMUs | 24 | of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Iris Xe Graphics G4 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 | PCIe 3.0 x1 |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Iris Xe Graphics G4: 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 G4. 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 | No outputs |
Supported technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by Iris Xe Graphics G4. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Quick Sync | + |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Iris Xe Graphics G4, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.2 |
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