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).

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

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	1156
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	1457	1454
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