Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
21
10
n/a
n/a
106
65
53
35
The Witcher 3
13
10
n/a
n/a
115
92
65
34
Counter-Strike 2
20
11
9
n/a
167
123
90
42
Far Cry 6
14
11
n/a
n/a
86
80
61
33
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
63
53
35
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
13
11
10
n/a
75
65
45
32
Ghost of Tsushima
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
60
47
33
20
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
64
56
34
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
13
11
9
n/a
98
89
62
33
Avg FPS
1080p High1393
1080p Ultra974
1440p Ultra-53
4K Ultra-29
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
882
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Time Spy12918211
Solar Bayn/a35563
Port Royaln/a4627
Fire Strike447021866
Night Raid1422884235
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
17326
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Background Blur34.5 frames/s141.4 frames/s
Face Detection27.4 frames/s84.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.75 Gpix/sec3.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.11 Gpix/sec3.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur0.39 Gpix/sec3.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.18 Gpix/sec1.1 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching55.6 Gpix/sec325.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics3061.7 fps11008.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
G2D Markn/a630
DirectX 11n/a130 fps
DirectX 12n/a61 fps
GPU Computen/a5961 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a597.7 fps
Car Chasen/a531.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a416.7 fps
T-Rexn/a2221.6 fps
ALU 2n/a2915 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a258.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2946.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Intel Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced August, 15, 2020 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Universal Gaming
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Generation 12.1 Ada Lovelace
Codename Tiger Lake GT2 AD107 (GN21-X2)

GPU

GPU Frequency 300 MHz 1140-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 950-1550 MHz 1605-2370 MHz
Shader Units 768 2560
TMUs 48 80
ROPs 24 32
Execution Units 96 20
Ray Tracing Cores No 20
Tensor Cores No 80
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 12000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 23-37 Gpix/sec 51-76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 46-74 GTex/s 128-190 GTex/s
FLOPS 1.5-2.4 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Ring Bus PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 15 W 35-140 W
Process Intel TSMC
Process tech. 10 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 146 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count n/a 18.9 billion
Transistor density n/a 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR6
Memory Frequency n/a 2000 MHz
Bus n/a 96 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 16000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 6 GB
Max Throughput
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.2 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.9
DisplayPort n/a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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