Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) vs NVIDIA Quadro K420

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) and NVIDIA Quadro K420 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).

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

NVIDIA Quadro K420

Differences

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

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3423.7x more texture fill rate: 48.00 GTexel/s vs 14.02 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 192
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 22 July 2014
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s vs 14.02 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 192
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K420

2.9x more core clock speed: 876 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 45 Watt

Core clock speed	876 MHz vs 300 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K420

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	NVIDIA Quadro K420
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1154
PassMark - G3D Mark		740
PassMark - G2D Mark		283
Geekbench - OpenCL		1847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		186.605
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.433
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		10.365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		17.75
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		598
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1241
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		598
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1241

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	NVIDIA Quadro K420
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.2	Kepler
Code name	Alder Lake GT1	GK107
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	22 July 2014
Place in performance rating	1455	1457
Launch price (MSRP)		$96.67
Price now		$89.99
Type		Workstation
Value for money (0-100)		10.27
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	876 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	192
Pixel fill rate	24.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s	14.02 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	41 Watt
Floating-point performance		336.4 gflops
Transistor count		1,270 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	DVI-I DP, 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displays		4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		160 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
Width		1" (2.5 cm)
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	1 GB / 2 GB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1782 MHz
Memory type	System Shared	128 Bit
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management