Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 X2

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 X2 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 GTX 460 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 5 month(s) later
220.6x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 2x 39.3 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 40 nm
10.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 160 Watt

Launch date	2 Sep 2020 vs 11 March 2011
Texture fill rate	52.80 GTexel/s vs 2x 39.3 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 160 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 X2

2.3x more core clock speed: 701 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 75% higher pipelines: 2x 336 vs 384

Core clock speed	701 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	2x 336 vs 384

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 X2

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	2666
PassMark - G2D Mark	383
Geekbench - OpenCL	11991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	79.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1137.615
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	61.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	192.566
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 GTX 460 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.0	Fermi
Code name	Tiger Lake GT1	GF104
Launch date	2 Sep 2020	11 March 2011
Place in performance rating	594	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Compute units	48
Core clock speed	300 MHz	701 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	40 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	2x 336
Pixel fill rate	13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	52.80 GTexel/s	2x 39.3 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	160 Watt
Floating-point performance		2x 941.5 gflops
Transistor count		1,950 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	3x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Width	IGP
Length		292 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth		2x 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed		3600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5