Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Differences

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

Videocard is newer: launch date 17 year(s) 5 month(s) later
7500x more texture fill rate: 48.00 GTexel/s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 130 nm
Around 80% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 81 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 26 July 2004
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 81 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1150
PassMark - G3D Mark		139
PassMark - G2D Mark		153

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.2	Curie
Code name	Alder Lake GT1	NV40 A1
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	26 July 2004
Place in performance rating	1108	1106
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	640
Pixel fill rate	24.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	81 Watt
Transistor count		222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		197 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1100 MHz
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR3