Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 80 nm
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 40 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 311 vs 308
25x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1972 vs 79

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 17 April 2007
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 40 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	311 vs 308
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972 vs 79

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

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 MAX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

308

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a
Geekbench - OpenCL	14127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	308
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	79

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	Tesla
Code name	DG1	C78
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	520	528
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	80 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	633.6 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	5.069 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.534 TFLOPS
Pipelines	768
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count		210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCI
Width	IGP
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.0
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	68.26 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Memory type	LPDDR4X