Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 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.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 5 month(s) later
1552.9x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 34.0 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 40 nm
14.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 215 Watt
Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11991 vs 11089
2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 79.859 vs 27.93
Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1137.615 vs 980.005
Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.569 vs 3.268
Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 61.688 vs 47.309
Around 97% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 192.566 vs 97.852
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5609 vs 3873
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 3614
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3317
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5609 vs 3873
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 3614
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3317

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 Sep 2020 vs 26 March 2010
Texture fill rate	52.80 GTexel/s vs 34.0 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 215 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	11991 vs 11089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	79.859 vs 27.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1137.615 vs 980.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.569 vs 3.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	61.688 vs 47.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	192.566 vs 97.852
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5609 vs 3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708 vs 3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5609 vs 3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708 vs 3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3317

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

4.1x more core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 17% higher pipelines: 448 vs 384
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3134 vs 2666
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 414 vs 383

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	448 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3134 vs 2666
PassMark - G2D Mark	414 vs 383

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2666

3134

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

383

414

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11991

11089

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

79.859

27.93

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1137.615

980.005

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.569

3.268

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

61.688

47.309

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

192.566

97.852

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5609

3873

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3708

3614

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3317

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5609

3873

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3708

3614

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3317

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
PassMark - G3D Mark	2666	3134
PassMark - G2D Mark	383	414
Geekbench - OpenCL	11991	11089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	79.859	27.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1137.615	980.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.569	3.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	61.688	47.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	192.566	97.852
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5609	3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708	3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5609	3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708	3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3317
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.0	Fermi
Code name	Tiger Lake GT1	GF100
Launch date	2 Sep 2020	26 March 2010
Place in performance rating	594	790
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Price now		$522.01
Value for money (0-100)		6.87
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Compute units	48
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1215 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	448
Pixel fill rate	13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	52.80 GTexel/s	34.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	215 Watt
CUDA cores		448
Floating-point performance		1,088.6 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Transistor count		3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Width	IGP
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors		Two 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		1280 MB
Memory bandwidth		133.9 GB / s
Memory bus width		320 Bit
Memory clock speed		1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround