Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM 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 GT 340 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 8 month(s) later
4500x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 768 vs 96
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 40 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 69 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1700 MHz
Around 26% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14127 vs 11231
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 311 vs 242
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1972 vs 738

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 2 February 2010
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 96
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 69 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	14127 vs 11231
PassMark - G2D Mark	311 vs 242
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972 vs 738

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

Around 83% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3974 vs 3214
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3974 vs 3214

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3974 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3974 vs 3214

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14127

11231

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3974

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3974

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

242

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

738

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	14127	11231
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	3974
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	3974
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	242
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	738

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	Tesla 2.0
Code name	DG1	GT215
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	2 February 2010
Place in performance rating	520	957
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	40 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	96
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	69 Watt
Floating-point performance		257.28 gflops
Transistor count		727 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 2.0 x16
Width	IGP
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.1
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	68.26 GB/s	27.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	1700 MHz
Memory type	LPDDR4X	GDDR3