Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) vs Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
Tiger Lake GT2
Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
Custom
We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) with 96 pipelines and 768 shaders against the 6 years and 1 month newer Apple M6 GPU (12-core) that utilizes 192 pipelines and 1536 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
DeviceFacts Final Score
Overall video card score
Scores marked with a red asterisk (**) represent initial estimates from early testing.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 2 nm process technology
- 2x higher maximum theoretical performance (4.9 vs 2.4 TFLOPS)
- Has 2x more shading units (1536 vs 768)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 21 11 - - |
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| The Witcher 3 | 12 11 - - |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 19 12 9 - |
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| Far Cry 6 | 14 11 - - |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 9 - - - |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 14 12 10 - |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 11 - - - |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | - - - - |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 15 13 9 - |
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| 1080p High | 14 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 10 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | - | - |
| 4K Ultra | - | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | High |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 1282 | - |
| Fire Strike | 4411 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 3119 | - |
| Night Raid | 14097 | - |
GeekBench 6 GPU Compute
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 34.5 img/sec | - |
| Face Detection | 27.4 img/sec | - |
| Horizon Detection | 0.75 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge Detection | 1.11 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.39 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature Matching | 0.18 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo Matching | 55.6 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle Physics | 3061.7 FPS | - |
| API | OpenCL | - |
Recent User Tests
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-25 -> op1 | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 16849 |
| 📘 2026-07-25 -> sevensrays | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 16620 |
| 📘 2026-04-15 -> maheshkondraju | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 15810 |
Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
No benchmark results yet
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 1428 | - |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 2420 | - |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 1551 | - |
| Face Detection (HP) | 3685 | - |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 6255 | - |
| Text Classification (SP) | 938 | - |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 1028 | - |
| Object Detection (SP) | 1581 | - |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 4305 | - |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 26119 | - |
| Framework | ONNX | - |
| Backend | DirectML | - |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) and Apple M6 GPU (12-core)General
| Vendor | Intel | Apple |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | August 15, 2020 | August 25, 2026 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Generic |
| Segment | Entry-level | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Generation 12.1 | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | Tiger Lake GT2 | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Adreno X2-90 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 1160G7 or above | - Apple M6 (12-Core) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Intel Core 7 250H - Intel Core 9 270H - Intel Core 7 150U - Intel Core i7 13705H - Intel Core i9 13905H - Intel Core i7 1355U - Intel Core i7 1365U - Intel Core i7 1360P - and 23 more |
- Apple M6 (12-Core) |
Laptop GPU ranking (125th and 27th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | - |
| Boost Clock | 950-1550 MHz (configurable) | 1600 MHz |
| Shading Units | 768 | 1536 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 48 | 96 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 24 | 80 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 96 | 192 |
| Tensor Cores | - | No |
| Ray-tracing Cores | - | No |
| L2 Cache | 1024KB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 23-37 GPixel/s | 128 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 46-74 GTexel/s | 154 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Ring Bus | Custom |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
| Manufacturing | Intel | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm | 2 nm |
| Die Size | 146 mm² | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Size | System RAM Dependent | - |
| Memory Clock | System RAM Dependent | 10667 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | System RAM Dependent | - |
| Bus | - | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | - |
| CUDA | - | No |
| Ray Tracing | No | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
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