Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) 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 GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
592.8x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 16 nm
4.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 120 Watt

Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 15 August 2016
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 120 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

5x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 31098 vs 14238
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12645 vs 6889
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12645 vs 6889
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3654 vs 3462
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3654 vs 3462
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3214
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3214
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 311
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8160 vs 1972

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Pipelines	1280 vs 768
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	31098 vs 14238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12645 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12645 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3654 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3654 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3214
PassMark - G2D Mark	444 vs 311
PassMark - G3D Mark	8160 vs 1972

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14238

31098

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

12645

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

12645

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3654

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3654

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3359

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

444

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

8160

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
Geekbench - OpenCL	14238	31098
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	3654
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	3359
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	444
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	8160
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		111.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1371.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		19.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		509.222
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3677

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	Pascal
Code name	DG1	GP106B
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	15 August 2016
Place in performance rating	523	385
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Launch price (MSRP)		$237.11
Price now		$229.99
Value for money (0-100)		49.49
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1708 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	16 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	1280
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s	133.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	120 Watt
CUDA cores		1280
Floating-point performance		4,275 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		94 °C
Transistor count		4,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	IGP
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	68.26 GB/s	192 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	8008 MHz
Memory type	LPDDR4X	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
Surround
Virtual Reality
VR Ready