Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1590 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 12 nm

Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 23 April 2019
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz vs 1590 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 12 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

4.9x more core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 300 MHz
2x more pipelines: 1536 vs 768
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6144 MB vs 4 GB
5.6x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16828 vs 6889
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16828 vs 6889
4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 15109 vs 3462
4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 15109 vs 3462
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8054 vs 3214
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8054 vs 3214
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 477 vs 311
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10155 vs 1972

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1455 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	1536 vs 768
Maximum memory size	6144 MB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16828 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16828 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	15109 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	15109 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8054 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8054 vs 3214
PassMark - G2D Mark	477 vs 311
PassMark - G3D Mark	10155 vs 1972

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

16828

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

16828

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

15109

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

15109

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

8054

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

8054

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

477

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

10155

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
Geekbench - OpenCL	14238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	15109
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	15109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	8054
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	8054
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	477
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	10155
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5564

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	Turing
Code name	DG1	N18E-G0
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	23 April 2019
Place in performance rating	523	112
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1590 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1455 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	12 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	1536
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt
Transistor count		6600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4
Width	IGP
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.1
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6144 MB
Memory bandwidth	68.26 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	12000 MHz
Memory type	LPDDR4X	GDDR6