Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 429.3x more texture fill rate: 52.80 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
  • Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 61.688 vs 31.946
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3338
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3338
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 vs 18 August 2016
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s vs 123.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.688 vs 31.946
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3338

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

  • 5x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • 3x more pipelines: 1152 vs 384
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9796 vs 2666
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 772 vs 383
  • 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 32384 vs 11991
  • Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 115.073 vs 79.859
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1325.07 vs 1137.615
  • Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.057 vs 4.569
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 425.709 vs 192.566
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10566 vs 5609
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10566 vs 5609
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 1708 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Pipelines 1152 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9796 vs 2666
PassMark - G2D Mark 772 vs 383
Geekbench - OpenCL 32384 vs 11991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 115.073 vs 79.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1325.07 vs 1137.615
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.057 vs 4.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 425.709 vs 192.566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10566 vs 5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10566 vs 5609

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2666
9796
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
383
772
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11991
32384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.859
115.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1137.615
1325.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.569
8.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
61.688
31.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
192.566
425.709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3338
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark 2666 9796
PassMark - G2D Mark 383 772
Geekbench - OpenCL 11991 32384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.859 115.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1137.615 1325.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.569 8.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.688 31.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 192.566 425.709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 156

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.0 Pascal
Code name Tiger Lake GT1 GP106
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 18 August 2016
Place in performance rating 594 388
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $199

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 1708 MHz
Compute units 48
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 16 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 1152
Pixel fill rate 13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 52.80 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 No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Width IGP
Length 250 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5