Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 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) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1058 MHz
  • 409.9x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 128.8 billion / sec
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
  • 13x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 195 Watt
  • Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 79.859 vs 46.086
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1138.276 vs 989.685
  • Around 69% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 61.742 vs 36.463
  • Around 95% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 193.829 vs 99.577
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 3666
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3306
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 3666
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3306
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 vs 22 March 2012
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 1058 MHz
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s vs 128.8 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 195 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.859 vs 46.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1138.276 vs 989.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.742 vs 36.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 193.829 vs 99.577
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3306

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

  • 3.4x more core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 384
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5549 vs 2687
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 533 vs 354
  • Around 51% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18433 vs 12204
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.645 vs 4.596
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7222 vs 5609
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7222 vs 5609
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1006 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 1536 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5549 vs 2687
PassMark - G2D Mark 533 vs 354
Geekbench - OpenCL 18433 vs 12204
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.645 vs 4.596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7222 vs 5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7222 vs 5609

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2687
5549
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
354
533
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
12204
18433
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.859
46.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1138.276
989.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.596
4.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
61.742
36.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
193.829
99.577
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3306
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
PassMark - G3D Mark 2687 5549
PassMark - G2D Mark 354 533
Geekbench - OpenCL 12204 18433
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.859 46.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1138.276 989.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.596 4.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.742 36.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 193.829 99.577
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609 7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609 7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3306
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1990

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.0 Kepler
Code name Tiger Lake GT1 GK104
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 22 March 2012
Place in performance rating 621 553
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Price now $579.99
Value for money (0-100) 12.83

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 1058 MHz
Compute units 48
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1006 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 1536
Pixel fill rate 13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s 128.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 195 Watt
CUDA cores 1536
Floating-point performance 3,090.4 gflops
Transistor count 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
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 10.0" (25.4 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 2048 MB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA