Arc Pro A60 vs Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs

Place in the ranking	465	231
Place by popularity	75	not in top-100
Power efficiency	23.39	12.84
Architecture	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Tiger Lake Xe	DG2-256
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	15 August 2020 (4 years ago)	6 June 2023 (1 year 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	96	2048
Core clock speed	400 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1350 MHz	2050 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	11,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	130 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	262.4
Floating-point processing power	no data	8.397 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	64
TMUs	no data	128
Tensor Cores	no data	256
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 x16
Width	no data	1-slot

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	no data	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	12 GB
Memory bus width	no data	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	384.0 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

4x DisplayPort 2.0

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	6.6
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
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	26 −150%	65−70 +150%
1440p	15 −133%	35−40 +133%
4K	11 −145%	27−30 +145%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

−150%

50−55
+150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	22 −150%	55−60 +150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21 −138%	50−55 +138%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −141%	70−75 +141%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	36 −150%	90−95 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	16 −150%	40−45 +150%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −150%	55−60 +150%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −150%	65−70 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −154%	160−170 +154%
Hitman 3	24 −150%	60−65 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	124 −142%	300−310 +142%
Metro Exodus	35 −143%	85−90 +143%
Red Dead Redemption 2	17 −135%	40−45 +135%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −142%	75−80 +142%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90 −144%	220−230 +144%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −139%	55−60 +139%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18 −150%	45−50 +150%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −141%	70−75 +141%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	32 −150%	80−85 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	13 −131%	30−33 +131%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −150%	55−60 +150%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −150%	65−70 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −154%	160−170 +154%
Hitman 3	23 −139%	55−60 +139%
Horizon Zero Dawn	112 −150%	280−290 +150%
Metro Exodus	28 −150%	70−75 +150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	26 −150%	65−70 +150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30 −150%	75−80 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −150%	65−70 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	84 −150%	210−220 +150%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14 −150%	35−40 +150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −150%	35−40 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	23 −139%	55−60 +139%
Cyberpunk 2077	11 −145%	27−30 +145%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −150%	55−60 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −154%	160−170 +154%
Hitman 3	20 −150%	50−55 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	23 −139%	55−60 +139%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24 −150%	60−65 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 −150%	35−40 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −146%	150−160 +146%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

−150%

35−40
+150%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −150%	35−40 +150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −133%	21−24 +133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −133%	21−24 +133%
Cyberpunk 2077	7 −129%	16−18 +129%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −144%	100−105 +144%
Hitman 3	12−14 −131%	30−33 +131%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 −150%	50−55 +150%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −131%	30−33 +131%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	19 −137%	45−50 +137%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −133%	21−24 +133%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −150%	150−160 +150%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

−150%

40−45
+150%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −133%	21−24 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −129%	16−18 +129%
Hitman 3	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −144%	95−100 +144%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −129%	16−18 +129%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12 −150%	30−33 +150%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −150%	30−33 +150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	11 −145%	27−30 +145%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
−133%

21−24

+133%

This is how Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs and Arc Pro A60 compete in popular games:

Arc Pro A60 is 150% faster in 1080p
Arc Pro A60 is 133% faster in 1440p
Arc Pro A60 is 145% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.46	24.11
Recency	15 August 2020	6 June 2023
Chip lithography	10 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	130 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs has 364.3% lower power consumption.

Arc Pro A60, on the other hand, has a 154.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 66.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc Pro A60 is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs in performance tests.

Be aware that Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs is a notebook card while Arc Pro A60 is a workstation one.

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