Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU vs Radeon R6 Carrizo

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU and Radeon R6 Carrizo, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU stacks up against Radeon R6 Carrizo, check out specs charts below.

Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU and Radeon R6 Carrizo are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU and Radeon R6 Carrizo are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU or Radeon R6 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU Radeon R6 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 12-35 Watt
Memory type DDR4
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  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU is build with Gen. 11 Ice Lake architecture, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU is manufactured by 10 nm process technology, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 0−1
ultra / 1080p 5−6 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 10−12
medium / 1080p 10−12 2−3
The average gaming FPS of Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 166% more, than Radeon R6 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU Radeon R6 Carrizo
Architecture Gen. 11 Ice Lake GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name Ice Lake G4 Gen. 11 Carrizo
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 28 May 2019 4 June 2015
Pipelines 48 384
Core clock speed 300 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 28 nm
Memory bus width 64/128 Bit
Shared memory + +
DirectX DirectX 12_1 DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Laptop size medium sized
Quick Sync +
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