Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE v2 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 460 SE v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 40 nm
6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 150 Watt

Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 15 November 2010
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE v2

2.2x more core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 59% higher memory clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 300 MHz
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE v2

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE v2
Geekbench - OpenCL	14238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214
PassMark - G2D Mark	311
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE v2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	Fermi 2.0
Code name	DG1	GF114
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	15 November 2010
Place in performance rating	523	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	650 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
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count		1,950 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 2.0 x16
Width	IGP
Length		210 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
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
Memory bandwidth	68.26 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	3400 MHz
Memory type	LPDDR4X