Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3155.4x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 25.1 billion / sec
4x more pipelines: 768 vs 192
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 40 nm
4.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 106 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 18% higher memory clock speed: 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14238 vs 4907
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 2160
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 2160
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3462 vs 3365
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3462 vs 3365
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1972 vs 1322

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 13 September 2010
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s vs 25.1 billion / sec
Pipelines	768 vs 192
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 106 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	14238 vs 4907
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889 vs 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889 vs 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462 vs 3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462 vs 3365
PassMark - G2D Mark	311 vs 310
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972 vs 1322

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

5.2x more core clock speed: 1566 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3325 vs 3214
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3325 vs 3214

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1566 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325 vs 3214

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14238

4907

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

2160

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

2160

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3365

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3365

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3325

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3325

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

310

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

1322

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Geekbench - OpenCL	14238	4907
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	3325
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	310
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	1322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		14.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		302.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		14.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		27.656
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	Fermi
Code name	DG1	GF106
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	13 September 2010
Place in performance rating	523	1130
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Price now		$64.99
Value for money (0-100)		26.46
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1566 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	192
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s	25.1 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	106 Watt
CUDA cores		192
Floating-point performance		601.3 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		100 °C
Transistor count		1,170 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 2.0 x16
Width	IGP
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	68.26 GB/s	57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory type	LPDDR4X	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI