Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 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, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 980 MHz
  • 3367.3x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • 3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2666 vs 793
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 383 vs 149
  • 3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11991 vs 3866
  • 8.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 79.859 vs 9.392
  • 7.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1137.615 vs 157.479
  • 5.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.569 vs 0.864
  • 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 61.688 vs 16.101
  • 4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 192.566 vs 44.77
  • 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5609 vs 1589
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 3235
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3339
  • 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5609 vs 1589
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 3235
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3339
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 vs 1 April 2013
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 980 MHz
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2666 vs 793
PassMark - G2D Mark 383 vs 149
Geekbench - OpenCL 11991 vs 3866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.859 vs 9.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1137.615 vs 157.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.569 vs 0.864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.688 vs 16.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 192.566 vs 44.77
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609 vs 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609 vs 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3339

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

  • 2.7x more core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 300 MHz
Core clock speed 810 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2666
793
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
383
149
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11991
3866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.859
9.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1137.615
157.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.569
0.864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
61.688
16.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
192.566
44.77
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3339
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2666 793
PassMark - G2D Mark 383 149
Geekbench - OpenCL 11991 3866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.859 9.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1137.615 157.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.569 0.864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.688 16.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 192.566 44.77
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3339
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 345

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.0 Kepler
Code name Tiger Lake GT1 GK107
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 594 1301
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 980 MHz
Compute units 48
Core clock speed 300 MHz 810 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 28 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 384 384
Pixel fill rate 13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s 15.68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops
Transistor count 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Width IGP
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.1 12 API
OpenCL 2.1 1.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3 / GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus