Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 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).

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

Videocard is newer: launch date 16 year(s) 10 month(s) later
27789.5x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 130 nm
4.9x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 74 Watt
45.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2687 vs 59
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 354 vs 274

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 Sep 2020 vs 23 October 2003
Texture fill rate	52.80 GTexel/s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 74 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2687 vs 59
PassMark - G2D Mark	354 vs 274

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Around 58% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2687

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

354

274

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	2687	59
PassMark - G2D Mark	354	274
Geekbench - OpenCL	12204
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	79.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1138.276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	61.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	193.829
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.0	Rankine
Code name	Tiger Lake GT1	NV38 A1
Launch date	2 Sep 2020	23 October 2003
Place in performance rating	622	608
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Compute units	48
Core clock speed	300 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	130 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	211.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1.690 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	844.8 GFLOPS
Pipelines	384
Pixel fill rate	13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	52.80 GTexel/s	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	74 Watt
Transistor count		135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 8x
Width	IGP
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.1	9.0a
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		30.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		950 MHz
Memory type		DDR