Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) vs NVIDIA GRID M40

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) and NVIDIA GRID M40 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

NVIDIA GRID M40

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 50 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 18 May 2016
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 50 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M40

3.1x more core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M40

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	NVIDIA GRID M40
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		28.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		576.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		87.629

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	NVIDIA GRID M40
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.2	Maxwell
Code name	Alder Lake GT1	GM107
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	18 May 2016
Place in performance rating	1472	1475
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640
Pixel fill rate	24.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count		1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 3.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent
Memory bus width	System Shared
Memory clock speed	System Shared	5400 MHz
Memory type	System Shared