UHD Graphics G1 vs UHD Graphics 605

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1067not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency16.32no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.5 (2016−2020)Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code nameGemini Lake GT1.5Ice Lake GT1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date11 December 2017 (6 years ago)29 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 cores144256
Core clock speed200 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed750 MHz900 MHz
Number of transistors189 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)5 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate13.5014.40
Floating-point processing power0.216 TFLOPS0.4608 TFLOPS
ROPs38
TMUs1816

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 3.0 x1

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 SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

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.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.1
Vulkan1.31.1.97

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2017 29 May 2019
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 5 Watt 15 Watt

UHD Graphics 605 has 200% lower power consumption.

UHD Graphics G1, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between UHD Graphics 605 and UHD Graphics G1. We've got no test results to judge.


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Intel UHD Graphics 605
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