Just set up a new laptop… a modest Dell Inspiron with integrated Iris Xe GPU.
Inspirion 15 5510
i7 11390H
16GB RAM
Iris XE (shared memory)
Completely stock with no setting changes, and at 1080p native display, default Sketchup 2021 install with 4x AA.
Im impressed by how smooth this feels. I made 84 duplicate copies of the Test Time Display sample model, and it still feels smooth and gives 11-12 FPS during the test. Compared to my laptops with dedicated GPUs, this one keeps the shadows visible instead of hiding & recalculating them as I orbit - it’s a nicer experience.
[But there is an error with the text overlay that I haven’t seen before on other systems…]
^^^ Nope - turns out there is not GPU error it was a User error!!
I might do a bit more testing if anyone is particularly interested, but for now I’d say the performance of the Iris Pro is good.
As a reference, my “workstation laptop” (an older i8750h, 32gb DDR4 and 1070max-q) scores about the same in this test.
Drivers/stability is untested but that overlay bug worries me slightly.
Also, since the Iris XE shares system RAM, you will want at least 16GB total RAM in the laptop, but 32GB wouldn’t be overkill if you run lots of Chrome tabs and sketchup windows + LO.