UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) vs Radeon R4 (Kaveri)

Place in the ranking	1130	851
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 1.1 (2014)	Gen. 12 (2021−2023)
GPU code name	Kaveri	Tiger Lake Xe
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	4 June 2014 (10 years ago)	30 March 2021 (3 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 cores	192	16
Core clock speed	533 MHz	350 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1450 MHz
Number of transistors	2410 Million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	10 nm

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 bus width	64/128 Bit	no data
Shared memory	+	+

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 (FL 12_0)

12_1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R4 (Kaveri) 0.86

UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 2.29
+166%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

R4 (Kaveri) 611

UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 1654
+171%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

R4 (Kaveri) 1958

UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 7190
+267%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R4 (Kaveri) 434

UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 1203
+178%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R4 (Kaveri) 3372

UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 7982
+137%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

R4 (Kaveri) 26079

UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 64701
+148%

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

−57.1%

11
+57.1%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−66.7%

5−6
+66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry 5	0−1	4−5
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Hitman 3	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −58.3%	18−20 +58.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −16.1%	35−40 +16.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry 5	0−1	4−5
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Hitman 3	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −58.3%	18−20 +58.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −57.1%	11 +57.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −30%	12−14 +30%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −16.1%	35−40 +16.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry 5	0−1	4−5
Hitman 3	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −58.3%	18−20 +58.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −100%	14 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +100%	5 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −16.1%	35−40 +16.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−400%

5−6
+400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	3−4
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	1−2
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −333%	12−14 +333%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−66.7%

5−6
+66.7%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

1−2

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	1−2
Far Cry 5	0−1	1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−50%

3−4
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4

10−11

+0%

10−11

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

This is how R4 (Kaveri) and UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) compete in popular games:

UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is 57% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the R4 (Kaveri) is 100% faster.
in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is 400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

R4 (Kaveri) is ahead in 1 test (2%)
UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is ahead in 35 tests (74%)
there's a draw in 11 tests (23%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.86	2.29
Recency	4 June 2014	30 March 2021
Chip lithography	28 nm	10 nm

UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) has a 166.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R4 (Kaveri) in performance tests.

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