Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M 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 Quadro FX 1500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.9x more boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 375 MHz
5866.7x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 9 GTexel / s
19.2x more pipelines: 384 vs 20
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
15.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2688 vs 171
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 353 vs 275

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 Sep 2020 vs 18 April 2006
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	52.80 GTexel/s vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2688 vs 171
PassMark - G2D Mark	353 vs 275

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 375 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	375 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2688

171

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

353

275

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2688	171
PassMark - G2D Mark	353	275
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 Quadro FX 1500M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.0	Curie
Code name	Tiger Lake GT1	G71
Launch date	2 Sep 2020	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	622	599
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	375 MHz
Compute units	48
Core clock speed	300 MHz	375 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	20
Pixel fill rate	13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	52.80 GTexel/s	9 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	MXM-II
Width	IGP
Laptop size		large
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		32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		500 Bit
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Memory type		256
Shared memory		0