Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs Radeon HD 6850

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	623	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.96	no data
Power efficiency	2.79	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code name	Barts	Tiger Lake GT2
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	21 October 2010 (14 years ago)	2 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	960	384
Core clock speed	no data	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	1,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	127 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.20	26.40
Floating-point processing power	1.488 TFLOPS	0.8448 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	12
TMUs	48	24

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 support	AGP	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x1
Length	198 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

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	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	no data	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	no data
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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire	+	-
Quick Sync	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.2

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 October 2010	2 September 2020
Chip lithography	40 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	127 Watt	15 Watt

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