Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake) vs NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake) and NVIDIA GeForce 310M 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake)

NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake)

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 11 month(s) later
13440x more texture fill rate: 67.20 GTexel/s vs 5 GTexel / s
48x more pipelines: 768 vs 16
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 40 nm

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 10 January 2010
Texture fill rate	67.20 GTexel/s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 16
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310M

5.1x more core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 300 MHz
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 45 Watt

Core clock speed	1530 MHz vs 300 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake)	NVIDIA GeForce 310M
PassMark - G3D Mark		124
PassMark - G2D Mark		22
Geekbench - OpenCL		2949
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1167
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1167

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake)	NVIDIA GeForce 310M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Alder Lake GT1	GT218
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	10 January 2010
Place in performance rating	not rated	1673
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	768	16
Pixel fill rate	33.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	67.20 GTexel/s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	14 Watt
CUDA cores		16
Floating-point performance		48.96 gflops
Gigaflops		73
Transistor count		260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	10.1
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0