Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 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 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 980 MHz
  • 515.1x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 102.5 billion / sec
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
  • 11.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • Around 92% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 79.859 vs 41.613
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1137.615 vs 971.208
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.569 vs 4.281
  • Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 61.688 vs 40.404
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 192.566 vs 86.208
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 3686
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 3686
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 vs 10 May 2012
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 980 MHz
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s vs 102.5 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 170 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.859 vs 41.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1137.615 vs 971.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.569 vs 4.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.688 vs 40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 192.566 vs 86.208
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 3686
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 3686

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

  • 3.3x more core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 3.5x more pipelines: 1344 vs 384
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5345 vs 2666
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 537 vs 383
  • Around 29% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15511 vs 11991
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7038 vs 5609
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7038 vs 5609
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 980 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 1344 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5345 vs 2666
PassMark - G2D Mark 537 vs 383
Geekbench - OpenCL 15511 vs 11991
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7038 vs 5609
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7038 vs 5609
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2666
5345
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
383
537
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11991
15511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.859
41.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1137.615
971.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.569
4.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
61.688
40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
192.566
86.208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3361
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
PassMark - G3D Mark 2666 5345
PassMark - G2D Mark 383 537
Geekbench - OpenCL 11991 15511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.859 41.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1137.615 971.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.569 4.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.688 40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 192.566 86.208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609 7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609 7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1839

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.0 Kepler
Code name Tiger Lake GT1 GK104
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 10 May 2012
Place in performance rating 594 554
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Price now $474.99
Value for money (0-100) 13.20

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 980 MHz
Compute units 48
Core clock speed 300 MHz 980 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 1344
Pixel fill rate 13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s 102.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 170 Watt
CUDA cores 1344
Floating-point performance 2,459.5 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Transistor count 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Width IGP
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)
SLI options 3-way
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin

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 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA