Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) vs Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell)
Review
Key differences
Key distinctions and advantages between Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) and Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell)
Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
- + Generation 12.1 architecture
- + Tiger Lake GT2 codename
- + System Shared memory
- + Ring Bus interface
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell)
- + Blackwell 2.0 architecture
- + GB206-300-A1 codename
- + 8GB GDDR7 memory
- + PCIe 5.0 x16 interface
Pros & Cons
- Great energy efficiency
- No discrete card needed — integrated solution
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
- No hardware ray tracing
- Older generation architecture
"A budget Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) integrated graphics with limited performance overall, excellent energy efficiency. Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
- Hardware ray tracing support
- DLSS upscaling support
- Dedicated AI tensor cores
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
"A entry-level Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) graphics card with modest workstation performance (43/100). Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
Gaming Performance
Forza Horizon 5
The Witcher 3
Counter-Strike 2
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
Call of Duty
Ghost of Tsushima
Cyberpunk 2077
Tomb Raider
| Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 9 | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | — |
| The Witcher 3 | 11 | — | — | — | 97 | — | — | — |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 12 | — | — | — | 130 | — | — | — |
| Far Cry 6 | 11 | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | — |
| Hogwarts Legacy | — | — | — | — | 56 | — | — | — |
| Call of Duty | 11 | — | — | — | 71 | — | — | — |
| Ghost of Tsushima | — | — | — | — | 49 | — | — | — |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | — | — | — | — | 61 | — | — | — |
| Tomb Raider | 13 | — | — | — | 98 | — | — | — |
| Average FPS | 7 | — | — | — | 79 | — | — | — |
| Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 13 | 98 |
| 1080p Ultra | 10 | 79 |
| 1440p Ultra | - | 57 |
| 4K Ultra | - | 32 |
| Margin of Error | Low | High |
Benchmarks
| Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |
|---|---|---|
| Time Spy | 1282 | 8744 |
| Solar Bay | — | 46594 |
| Port Royal | — | 5904 |
| Fire Strike | 4415 | 26026 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 3124 | 20405 |
| Night Raid | 14097 | 148588 |
| Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |
|---|---|---|
| G2D Mark | — | 768 |
| DirectX 11 | — | 139 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | — | 79 FPS |
| GPU Compute | — | 6323 Ops/s |
Specifications
| Specification | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 Compute Score | 17326 | 112758 |
| Background Blur | 34.5 img/sec | 186.3 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 27.4 img/sec | 104.5 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.75 Gpixels/sec | 4.16 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 1.11 Gpixels/sec | 5.27 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.39 Gpixels/sec | 6.65 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.18 Gpixels/sec | 1.29 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 55.6 Gpixels/sec | 515.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 3061.7 FPS | 15588.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| Specification | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 ML Single Precision | 3218 | 16848 |
| GB6 ML Half Precision | 3202 | 32774 |
| GB6 ML Quantized | 1996 | 13334 |
| Image Classification (SP) | 1428 | 6726 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 2420 | 21836 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 1551 | 18317 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 3685 | 39579 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 6255 | 68707 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 938 | 2539 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 1028 | 5168 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 1581 | 8919 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 4305 | 33328 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 26119 | 119318 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
| Specification | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Intel | Nvidia |
| Build | Integrated | Discrete |
| Released | 15-Aug-20 | 18-Mar-25 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Professional |
| Segment | Entry-level | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Generation 12.1 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | Tiger Lake GT2 | GB206-300-A1 |
| Recommended CPU | -Intel Core i7 1160G7or above | -Intel Core Ultra 7 255HXor above |
| Specification | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 952-1657 MHz (configurable) |
| Boost Clock | 950-1550 MHz (configurable) | 1657-2437 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 768 | 3328 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 48 | 104 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 24 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 96 | 26 |
| Tensor Cores | 104 | |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 26 | |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | |
| L2 Cache | 1024KB shared | 32MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
| Specification | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | 23-37 GPixel/s | 53-78 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 46-74 GTexel/s | 172-253 GTexel/s |
| FLOPS (FP32) | 1.5-2.4 TFLOPS | 11-16.2 TFLOPS |
| Specification | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | Ring Bus | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| TGP | 15 W | 45-115 W (configurable) |
| Manufacturing | Intel | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 146 mm² | 181 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 21.9 billion | |
| Transistor Density | 120.99 MTr/mm² | |
| Max. Temperature |
| Specification | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | GDDR7 |
| Specification | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3 |
| CUDA | 12 | |
| Ray Tracing | No | Yes |
| DLSS | No | DLSS 4 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b |
