Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

Differences

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

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1335 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 12 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 60 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 23 April 2019
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1335 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 60 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

3.8x more core clock speed: 1140 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 91% higher texture fill rate: 128.2 GTexel/s vs 67.20 GTexel/s
2x more pipelines: 1536 vs 768

Core clock speed	1140 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.2 GTexel/s vs 67.20 GTexel/s
Pipelines	1536 vs 768

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark		8609
PassMark - G2D Mark		360
Geekbench - OpenCL		52263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		195.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1919.95
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		14.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		94.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		492.867
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		12301
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12301
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4903

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.2	Turing
Code name	Alder Lake GT1	TU116
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	23 April 2019
Place in performance rating	not rated	315
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz	1335 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1140 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	12 nm
Pipelines	768	1536
Pixel fill rate	33.60 GPixel/s	64.08 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	67.20 GTexel/s	128.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	60 Watt
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		128.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		8.202 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		4.101 TFLOPS
Transistor count		6600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	System Shared	192 bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR6