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    Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU vs Radeon R9 280X

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU and Radeon R9 280X, 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 R9 280X, check out specs charts below.
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    Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 here:

    Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU Laptops

    Main Specs

      Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU Radeon R9 280X
    Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
    Memory type DDR4 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 3 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 280X - in Desktops.
    • Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU is build with Gen. 11 Ice Lake architecture, and Radeon R9 280X - with GCN.
    • Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU is manufactured by 10 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 280X - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 9−10 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 21−24 60−65
    medium / 1080p 10−12 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 280X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU.

    Full Specs

      Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU Radeon R9 280X
    Architecture Gen. 11 Ice Lake GCN
    Code name Ice Lake G4 Gen. 11 Thaiti XTL
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 28 May 2019 8 October 2013
    Pipelines 48 2048
    Core clock speed 300 MHz
    Boost Clock 1100 MHz 1000 MHz
    Transistor count 4,313 million
    Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 128.0
    Floating-point performance 4,096 gflops
    Length 275 mm
    Memory bus width 384 Bit
    Memory bandwidth 288 GB/s
    Shared memory + -
    DirectX DirectX 12_1
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.5 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 494 Mh/s
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    TrueAudio +
    Design reference
    DisplayPort support +
    CrossFire +
    DDMA audio +
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.07 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 14.42 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 285 Sol/s
    Quick Sync +
    AppAcceleration +
    LiquidVR +
    TressFX +
    UVD +
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