Iris Graphics 5100 vs UHD Graphics 620

Place in the ranking	802	897
Place by popularity	24	not in top-100
Power efficiency	12.33	4.46
Architecture	Generation 9.5 (2016−2020)	Generation 7.5 (2013)
GPU code name	Kaby Lake GT2	Haswell GT3
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 September 2017 (7 years ago)	27 May 2013 (11 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	320
Core clock speed	300 MHz	200 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	1,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm++	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	24.00	44.00
Floating-point processing power	0.384 TFLOPS	0.704 TFLOPS
ROPs	3	4
TMUs	24	40

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).

Interface	Ring Bus	Ring Bus
Width	IGP	IGP

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	LPDDR3/DDR4	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	System Shared	System Shared
Memory clock speed	System Shared	System 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 Connectors

Portable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.3	+

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.

UHD Graphics 620 2.67
+38.3%

Iris Graphics 5100 1.93

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

UHD Graphics 620 1030
+38.1%

Iris Graphics 5100 746

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.

UHD Graphics 620 1744
+51.5%

Iris Graphics 5100 1151

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.

UHD Graphics 620 7330
+25%

Iris Graphics 5100 5865

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.

UHD Graphics 620 1168
+33%

Iris Graphics 5100 879

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.

UHD Graphics 620 9324
+34.3%

Iris Graphics 5100 6944

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.

UHD Graphics 620 88746
+24.1%

Iris Graphics 5100 71489

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

UHD Graphics 620 19
+38.1%

Iris Graphics 5100 14

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	13 +8.3%	12 −8.3%
1440p	15 +50%	10−12 −50%
4K	8 +14.3%	7 −14.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6
+50%

4−5

−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	8 +700%	1−2 −700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6 +20%	5−6 −20%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	10 +100%	5−6 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	38 +443%	7−8 −443%
Hitman 3	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40 +135%	16−18 −135%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9 +125%	4−5 −125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	15 +66.7%	9−10 −66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30 −16.7%	35−40 +16.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Forza Horizon 4	36 +414%	7−8 −414%
Hitman 3	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	34 +100%	16−18 −100%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	11 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 +0%	14 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +8.6%	35−40 −8.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +85.7%	7−8 −85.7%
Hitman 3	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5 −240%	16−18 +240%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14 +55.6%	9−10 −55.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3 −300%	12−14 +300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +8.6%	35−40 −8.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+50%

4−5

−50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Hitman 3	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +60%	10−11 −60%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+20%

5−6

−20%

4K
High Preset

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

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

This is how UHD Graphics 620 and Iris Graphics 5100 compete in popular games:

UHD Graphics 620 is 8% faster in 1080p
UHD Graphics 620 is 50% faster in 1440p
UHD Graphics 620 is 14% faster in 4K

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

in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the UHD Graphics 620 is 700% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Iris Graphics 5100 is 300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

UHD Graphics 620 is ahead in 44 tests (83%)
Iris Graphics 5100 is ahead in 3 tests (6%)
there's a draw in 6 tests (11%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.67	1.93
Recency	1 September 2017	27 May 2013
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	30 Watt

UHD Graphics 620 has a 38.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The UHD Graphics 620 is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Graphics 5100 in performance tests.

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