Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) vs Radeon Vega 6 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated686
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data11.72
ArchitectureGCN 5.1 (2018−2022)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameCezanneIce Lake G4 Gen. 11
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date13 April 2021 (3 years ago)28 May 2019 (5 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 cores38448
Core clock speed300 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHz1100 MHz
Number of transistors9,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt12-25 Watt
Texture fill rate38.40no data
Floating-point processing power1.229 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs24no data

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).

InterfaceIGPno 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 typeSystem SharedDDR4
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
Shared memoryno 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 outputsno data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12_1
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.1no data
Vulkan1.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 April 2021 28 May 2019
Chip lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 12 Watt

Vega 6 Mobile has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU), on the other hand, has 275% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Vega 6 Mobile and Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Vega 6 Mobile is a desktop card while Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile
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