Radeon R5 230 vs Iris Xe Graphics G7

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Iris Xe Graphics G7 with Radeon R5 230, including specs and performance data.

Iris Xe Graphics G7
2020
10.93
+1818%

Iris Xe Graphics G7 outperforms R5 230 by a whopping 1818% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking4251207
Place by popularity35not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data2.09
ArchitectureGen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameTiger Lake XeCaicos
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date15 August 2020 (4 years ago)3 April 2014 (10 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 cores96160
Number of transistorsno data370 million
Manufacturing process technology10 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data19 Watt
Texture fill rateno data5.000
Floating-point processing powerno data0.2 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

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).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 1.0 x4
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataN/A

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 typeDDR4DDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory bandwidthno data10.67 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Eyefinity-+
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire-+
​PowerPlayno data+
DDMA audiono data-
Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX 12_1DirectX® 11
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Battlefield 5 30−35
+3300%
1−2
−3300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+2267%
3−4
−2267%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+1833%
3−4
−1833%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+3400%
1−2
−3400%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Battlefield 5 30−35
+3300%
1−2
−3300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+2267%
3−4
−2267%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+1833%
3−4
−1833%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+3400%
1−2
−3400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+3400%
1−2
−3400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+2700%
1−2
−2700%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Battlefield 5 30−35
+3300%
1−2
−3300%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+2267%
3−4
−2267%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+2700%
1−2
−2700%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Metro Exodus 16−18 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11 0−1
Battlefield 5 21−24
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Far Cry 5 12−14 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+2350%
2−3
−2350%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+2300%
2−3
−2300%
Metro Exodus 9−10 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7 0−1
Battlefield 5 10−11 0−1
Far Cry 5 6−7 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 14−16 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.93 0.57
Recency 15 August 2020 3 April 2014
Chip lithography 10 nm 40 nm

Iris Xe Graphics G7 has a 1817.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Iris Xe Graphics G7 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 230 in performance tests.

Be aware that Iris Xe Graphics G7 is a notebook card while Radeon R5 230 is a desktop one.


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