Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 1967.2x more texture fill rate: 48.00 GTexel/s vs 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
  • 40x more pipelines: 640 vs 2x 8
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 65 nm
Launch date 4 Jan 2022 vs 20 January 2009
Texture fill rate 48.00 GTexel/s vs 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines 640 vs 2x 8
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

  • Around 83% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 45 Watt
Core clock speed 550 MHz vs 300 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1157
PassMark - G3D Mark 103
PassMark - G2D Mark 143
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 658

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.2 Tesla
Code name Alder Lake GT1 G98
Launch date 4 Jan 2022 20 January 2009
Place in performance rating 1456 1453
Launch price (MSRP) $131.43
Price now $80.99
Type Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 1.61

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 640 2x 8
Pixel fill rate 24.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 48.00 GTexel/s 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 40 Watt
Floating-point performance 2x 22.4 gflops
Transistor count 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface Ring Bus PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 (12_1) 10.0
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
Shader Model 6.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount System Shared 2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth System Dependent 2x 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width System Shared 2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed System Shared 1400 MHz
Memory type System Shared GDDR3