Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A 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 730A

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
5507.6x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 14.38 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 33 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 19% higher memory clock speed: 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1800 MHz
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3462 vs 1436
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3462 vs 1436
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3214 vs 1711
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3214 vs 1711
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1972 vs 743

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 1 July 2014
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s vs 14.38 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 33 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462 vs 1436
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462 vs 1436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214 vs 1711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214 vs 1711
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972 vs 743

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

2.4x more core clock speed: 719 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 714 vs 311

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	719 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	714 vs 311

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

1436

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

1436

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

1711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

1711

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

714

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

743

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A
Geekbench - OpenCL	13654
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	1436
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	1436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	1711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	1711
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	714
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	743

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	Kepler 2.0
Code name	DG1	GK208
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	1 July 2014
Place in performance rating	527	519
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	719 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	28 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	384
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s	14.38 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	33 Watt
Floating-point performance		552.2 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x8
Width	IGP
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	68.26 GB/s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	1800 MHz
Memory type	LPDDR4X	DDR3