Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Raptor Lake) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Raptor Lake) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 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 (Raptor Lake)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Differences

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

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
507.3x more texture fill rate: 62.40 GTexel/s vs 123.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 16 nm
8x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 120 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 18 August 2016
Texture fill rate	62.40 GTexel/s vs 123.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 120 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

5x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 31% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Around 50% higher pipelines: 1152 vs 768

Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Pipelines	1152 vs 768

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Raptor Lake)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Raptor Lake)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark		9796
PassMark - G2D Mark		772
Geekbench - OpenCL		32384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		115.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1325.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		31.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		425.709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		156

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Raptor Lake)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.2	Pascal
Code name	Raptor Lake GT1	GP106
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	18 August 2016
Place in performance rating	not rated	388
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1708 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	768	1152
Pixel fill rate	31.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	62.40 GTexel/s	123.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	120 Watt
Floating-point performance		3,935 gflops
Transistor count		4,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		250 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	System Shared	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	8008 MHz
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR5