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Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)

The Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake with 64 EUs) is an integrated graphics card in the Ice Lake SoCs (10th generation core 10xxG7) for laptops. It offers no dedicated graphics memory (no eDRAM cache like the Intel Iris Graphics 655 predecessor of the Coffee Lake SoCs). The clock rate depends on the processor model. At launch it looks like all models have a 300 MHz base clock and only differ in the boost clock (1050 - 1100 MHz). Another difference is the TDP as it can be configured from 12 - 25 Watt in the 15 Watt U-models and maybe even higher in the 25 Watt models that will come later.

The performance should be slightly above a AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 integrated GPU in the Ryzen 7 3000 series processors. e.g. Intel showed a Intel Iris Plus G7 against a Ryzen 7 3700U both configured at 25 Watt TDP and the Ice Lake GPU was able to beat the Vega 10 slightly in all games. Compared to the previous generation, Intel talks about a 2x performance improvement but wont specify the exact model. All in all the GPU should be positioned in the entry level of dedicated GPUs (Nvidia GeForce MX150 level?) and therefore most suited for less demanding games like Fortnite, Rainbow 6 Siege, or Rocket League at reduced details. The theoretical performance of the Chip is specified with 1.12 TFLOPS (FP32) and 2.25 TFLOPS (FP16) when running at 1.1 GHz.

Compared to the older Gen.9 graphics (e.g., UHD Graphics 620 in Whiskey Lake), Gen.11 is using a wider architecture and also has 3 MB dedicated L3 cache near the GPU.

A special new feature of the Gen11 graphics card is the new Variable Rate Shading (VRS) support. With it game designers can decide where to spend shading time and e.g. shade object in the background or behind fog with less resolution (up to using only one source for a 4x4 block). With this technique early results show up to 1.3x performance in Unreal Engine POC and 1.2x speedup in Civ 6. Up to now VRS is only supported by the new Nvidia Turing architecture (GTX 1650 and up).

Another improved hardware piece is the integrated video de- and encoder that was improved significantly according to Intel. They did not specify any more details, but the previous generation was able to decode VP9 and H.265/HEVC in Main10 profile with 10 bit color depth using the dedicated hardware.

The Iris Plus G7 supports three display pipes that can each output 5K60 signals (via DisplayPort 1.4 HBR3 or HDMI 2.0b). Combining two pipes, the chip is capable to output 8k content.

The Ice Lake SoCs and therefore the integrated GPU are manufactured in the modern 10nm process at Intel that should be comparable to the 7nm process of TSMC.

Gen. 11 Series

Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) 64 @ 0.3 - 1.1 GHz
Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) compare 48 @ 0.3 - 1.1 GHz
UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) compare 32 @ 0.3 - 1.1 GHz
UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU) compare 64 @ 0.2 - 0.5 GHz
UHD Graphics G4 (Lakefield GT1 48 EU) compare 48 @ 0.2 - 0.5 GHz
UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 32 EU) compare 32 @ 0.35 - 0.9 GHz
UHD Graphics (Elkhart Lake 32 EU) compare 32 @ 0.4 - 0.85 GHz
UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 24 EU) compare 24 @ 0.35 - 0.8 GHz
UHD Graphics (Elkhart Lake 16 EU) compare 16 @ 0.25 - 0.85 GHz
UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) compare 24 @ 0.35 - 0.8 GHz
CodenameIce Lake G7 Gen. 11
ArchitectureGen. 11 Ice Lake
Pipelines64 - unified
Core Speed300 - 1100 (Boost) MHz
Memory TypeDDR4
Shared Memoryyes
APIDirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.5
Power Consumption12-25 Watt
technology10 nm
FeaturesQuickSync
Date of Announcement28.05.2019
CPU in Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Intel Core i5-1038NG74 x 2000 MHz, 28 W300 MHz1050 MHz
Intel Core i7-1068G74 x 2300 MHz, 28 W300 MHz1100 MHz
Intel Core i7-1065G74 x 1300 MHz, 15 W300 MHz1100 MHz
min. - max.300 MHz1050 - 1100 MHz

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
1.2 pt (4%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 587     avg: 840     median: 892 (3%)     max: 963 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 526     avg: 744     median: 791 (2%)     max: 851 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 101443     avg: 139526     median: 145594 (17%)     max: 152365 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 13522     avg: 55230     median: 57777 (8%)     max: 68277 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 6616     avg: 12054     median: 12848.5 (14%)     max: 14796 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 7024     avg: 15496     median: 16713 (4%)     max: 18881 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 1298     avg: 2388     median: 2532 (4%)     max: 2925 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 1418     avg: 2584     median: 2717.5 (3%)     max: 3156 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 13797     avg: 71013     median: 74928.5 (10%)     max: 88374 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 2137     avg: 4186     median: 4436 (6%)     max: 4958 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 2112     avg: 3996     median: 4187 (4%)     max: 4630 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 8821     avg: 14725     median: 16163.5 (22%)     max: 17752 Points
SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 +
specvp13 snx-03 +
specvp13 showcase-02 +
specvp13 medical-02 +
specvp13 maya-05 +
specvp13 energy-02 +
specvp13 creo-02 +
specvp13 catia-05 +
specvp13 3dsmax-06 +
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 8356     avg: 10332     median: 10554 (7%)     max: 11797 points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 34.72     avg: 45.2     median: 43.8 (16%)     max: 52.5 fps
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 38.4     avg: 62.8     median: 65.2 (4%)     max: 74.5 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
min: 97.8     avg: 97.9     median: 97.8 (98%)     max: 99.3 %
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 +
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 17.7     avg: 28.6     median: 28 (4%)     max: 39.4 Watt
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Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 18.5     avg: 30.2     median: 30 (4%)     max: 42.3 Watt
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Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 24.5     avg: 37.8     median: 40.4 (9%)     max: 48.2 Watt
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Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency
min: 0.146     avg: 0.2     median: 0.2 (22%)     max: 0.2813 fps per Watt
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 0.2222     avg: 0.3     median: 0.3 (25%)     max: 0.2806 fps per Watt
Clock Speed - GPU Clock Speed Furmark
min: 520     avg: 860     median: 820 (32%)     max: 1274 MHz
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

FIFA 21

FIFA 21

2020
low 1280x720
105.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
55.1  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
50.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
41.1  fps    + Compare