Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB 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 GTX 1050 3 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1518 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 75 Watt

Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 21 May 2018
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz vs 1518 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

4.6x more core clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 300 MHz
3.3x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8368 vs 6889
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8368 vs 6889
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3462
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3462
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3214
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3214
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 601 vs 311
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5119 vs 1972

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1392 MHz vs 300 MHz
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8368 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8368 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3214
PassMark - G2D Mark	601 vs 311
PassMark - G3D Mark	5119 vs 1972

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

8368

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

8368

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3356

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

601

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

5119

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	14238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	8368
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	8368
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	3356
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	601
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	5119

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	Pascal
Code name	DG1	GP107
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	21 May 2018
Place in performance rating	523	334
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1518 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1392 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 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	75 Watt
Transistor count		3,300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	IGP
Length		145 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
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)	7008 MHz
Memory type	LPDDR4X