Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 572.7x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 92.2 billion / sec
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
  • 8.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 122 Watt
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 79.859 vs 25.421
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1138.276 vs 734.936
  • Around 99% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.596 vs 2.31
  • Around 74% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 61.742 vs 35.434
  • 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 193.829 vs 56.706
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 3571
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3336
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 3571
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3336
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 vs 23 October 2012
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s vs 92.2 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 122 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 12193 vs 12147
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.859 vs 25.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1138.276 vs 734.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.596 vs 2.31
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.742 vs 35.434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 193.829 vs 56.706
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3336

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 720 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 384
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4142 vs 2690
  • Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 589 vs 351
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5683 vs 5609
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5683 vs 5609
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 720 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 1536 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4142 vs 2690
PassMark - G2D Mark 589 vs 351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5683 vs 5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5683 vs 5609

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2690
4142
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
351
589
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
12193
12147
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.859
25.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1138.276
734.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.596
2.31
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
61.742
35.434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
193.829
56.706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3336
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
PassMark - G3D Mark 2690 4142
PassMark - G2D Mark 351 589
Geekbench - OpenCL 12193 12147
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.859 25.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1138.276 734.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.596 2.31
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.742 35.434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 193.829 56.706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609 5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609 5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3336

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.0 Kepler
Code name Tiger Lake GT1
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 23 October 2012
Place in performance rating 617 608
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Compute units 48
Core clock speed 300 MHz 720 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 92.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 122 Watt
CUDA cores 1536
Transistor count 3540 Million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1
Width IGP
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.1 12 API
OpenCL 2.1 1.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 160 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
FXAA
SLI
TXAA