Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX 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 Go 7900 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.2x more boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 500 MHz
4400x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 12 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 90 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
10x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2687 vs 270
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 354 vs 264

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 Sep 2020 vs 18 April 2006
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	52.80 GTexel/s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2687 vs 270
PassMark - G2D Mark	354 vs 264

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Around 67% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2687

270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

354

264

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	2687	270
PassMark - G2D Mark	354	264
Geekbench - OpenCL	12203
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	79.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1138.276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	61.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	193.829
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 Go 7900 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.0	Curie
Code name	Tiger Lake GT1	G71
Launch date	2 Sep 2020	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	621	618
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	500 MHz
Compute units	48
Core clock speed	300 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	90 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	24
Pixel fill rate	13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	52.80 GTexel/s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count		278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	IGP
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.1	9.0c
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		600 Bit
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Memory type		256
Shared memory		0