Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs Radeon R9 270

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking422not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.06no data
Power efficiency5.11no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code nameCuracaoTiger Lake GT2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date13 November 2013 (11 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.

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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 cores1280384
Core clock speedno data300 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHz1100 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate74.0026.40
Floating-point processing power2.368 TFLOPS0.8448 TFLOPS
ROPs3212
TMUs8024

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x1
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/sno 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudio+-
UVD+-
DDMA audio+no data
Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 November 2013 2 September 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 15 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics G4 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 270 and Iris Xe Graphics G4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 270 is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics G4 is a notebook one.


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