Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 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.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104

Differences

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

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 16 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 120 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 8 March 2018
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 120 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104

5x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1150

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.2	Pascal
Code name	Alder Lake GT1	GP104
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	8 March 2018
Place in performance rating	1108	not rated
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1708 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	640
Pixel fill rate	24.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count		7,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		250 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
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	8008 MHz
Memory type	System Shared