Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 12 nm
  • 10.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 160 Watt
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 vs 7 January 2019
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 160 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

  • 4.6x more core clock speed: 1365 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 53% higher boost clock speed: 1680 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • 5x more pipelines: 1920 vs 384
  • 5.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14119 vs 2666
  • Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 746 vs 383
  • 6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 71402 vs 11991
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 217.04 vs 79.859
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3119.736 vs 1137.615
  • 4.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.707 vs 4.569
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 133.975 vs 61.688
  • 5.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1141.283 vs 192.566
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20094 vs 5609
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7442 vs 3708
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6714 vs 3356
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20094 vs 5609
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7442 vs 3708
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6714 vs 3356
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1365 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 1680 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Pipelines 1920 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 14119 vs 2666
PassMark - G2D Mark 746 vs 383
Geekbench - OpenCL 71402 vs 11991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 217.04 vs 79.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3119.736 vs 1137.615
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.707 vs 4.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 133.975 vs 61.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1141.283 vs 192.566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20094 vs 5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7442 vs 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6714 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20094 vs 5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7442 vs 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6714 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2666
14119
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
383
746
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11991
71402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.859
217.04
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1137.615
3119.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.569
21.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
61.688
133.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
192.566
1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
6714
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
PassMark - G3D Mark 2666 14119
PassMark - G2D Mark 383 746
Geekbench - OpenCL 11991 71402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.859 217.04
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1137.615 3119.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.569 21.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.688 133.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 192.566 1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1242

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.0 Turing
Code name Tiger Lake GT1 TU106
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 7 January 2019
Place in performance rating 594 161
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $349
Price now $349.99
Value for money (0-100) 62.74

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 1680 MHz
Compute units 48
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1365 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 12 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 1920
Pixel fill rate 13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 160 Watt
Transistor count 10,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort count 2
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Width IGP
Length 229 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Memory bus width 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6