Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 Low Power

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 Low Power videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
Launch date 28 May 2019 vs 1 March 2016
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 Low Power

  • 3.4x more core clock speed: 1026 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1190 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • 16x more pipelines: 768 vs 48
Core clock speed 1026 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 1190 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Pipelines 768 vs 48

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 Low Power

Essentials

Architecture Intel Gen. 11 (Ice Lake) Maxwell 2.0
Code name Ice Lake G4 Gen. 11 GM206
Launch date 28 May 2019 1 March 2016
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $159

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 1190 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1026 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 768
Floating-point performance 1,828 gflops
Texture fill rate 57.12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 2,940 million

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Memory type DDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory Yes
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 105.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz

Technologies

Quick Sync

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 202 mm
Supplementary power connectors None