Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Raptor Lake) vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Raptor Lake) and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Raptor Lake)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050

Differences

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

10x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
8.4x more core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 82% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1450 MHz
3.6x more texture fill rate: 211.2 GTexel/s vs 58.00 GTexel/s
4x more pipelines: 2560 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 10 nm

Launch date	2023 vs 4 Jan 2023
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 1450 MHz
Texture fill rate	211.2 GTexel/s vs 58.00 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2560 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 10 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Raptor Lake)	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.2	Ada Lovelace
Code name	Raptor Lake GT1	AD106
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	2023
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1450 MHz	2640 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	2505 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	640	2560
Pixel fill rate	29.00 GPixel/s	84.48 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	58.00 GTexel/s	211.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	150 Watt
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		211.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		13.52 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		13.52 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 4.0 x8
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 12-pin
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR6