Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1188 MHz
- 975.6x more texture fill rate: 48.00 GTexel/s vs 49.2 billion / sec
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
- 2x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 90 Watt
- 11x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1150 vs 105
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 4 Jan 2022 vs 20 August 2015 |
| Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz vs 1188 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 48.00 GTexel/s vs 49.2 billion / sec |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt vs 90 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1150 vs 105 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
- 3.4x more core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 300 MHz
- Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
| Core clock speed | 1024 MHz vs 300 MHz |
| Pipelines | 768 vs 640 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1150 | 105 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5340 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 641 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 16728 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 60.473 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 758.865 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.279 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 29.738 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 231.508 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6803 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3697 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6803 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3697 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Generation 12.2 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Code name | Alder Lake GT1 | GM206 |
| Launch date | 4 Jan 2022 | 20 August 2015 |
| Place in performance rating | 1108 | 547 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $159 | |
| Price now | $194.44 | |
| Type | Desktop | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 30.06 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz | 1188 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 1024 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 640 | 768 |
| Pixel fill rate | 24.00 GPixel/s | |
| Texture fill rate | 48.00 GTexel/s | 49.2 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt | 90 Watt |
| CUDA cores | 768 | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,825 gflops | |
| Transistor count | 2,940 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2 |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| G-SYNC support | ||
| HDCP | ||
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
| Multi monitor support | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | IGP | |
| Interface | Ring Bus | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
| Length | 7.938" (20.2 cm) | |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 350 Watt | |
| SLI options | 2x | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pins | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | |
| Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | System Dependent | 105.6 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 6.6 GB/s |
| Memory type | System Shared | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| 3D Vision | ||
| Adaptive Vertical Sync | ||
| CUDA | ||
| GameStream | ||
| GameWorks | ||
| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| SLI | ||
| Surround | ||
