Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 68% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 980 MHz
  • 772.7x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 102.5 billion / sec
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
  • 6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 355.5x more memory clock speed: 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 6.0 GB/s
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 3285
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 3285
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 Oct 2020 vs 16 August 2012
Boost clock speed 1650 MHz vs 980 MHz
Texture fill rate 79.20 GTexel/s vs 102.5 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6889 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6889 vs 3285

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 75% higher pipelines: 1344 vs 768
  • Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15375 vs 14238
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 3462
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 3462
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3337 vs 3214
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3337 vs 3214
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 468 vs 311
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4413 vs 1972
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 915 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 1344 vs 768
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 15375 vs 14238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3337 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 vs 3214
PassMark - G2D Mark 468 vs 311
PassMark - G3D Mark 4413 vs 1972

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14238
15375
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6889
3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6889
3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3337
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
311
468
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1972
4413
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Geekbench - OpenCL 14238 15375
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6889 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6889 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3462 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3462 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3214 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3214 3337
PassMark - G2D Mark 311 468
PassMark - G3D Mark 1972 4413
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 36.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1029.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 45.894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 82.191
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1615

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.1 Kepler
Code name DG1 GK104
Launch date 31 Oct 2020 16 August 2012
Place in performance rating 523 701
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $299
Price now $321.99
Value for money (0-100) 17.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1650 MHz 980 MHz
Compute units 96
Core clock speed 300 MHz 915 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 28 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 1344
Pixel fill rate 39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 79.20 GTexel/s 102.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 150 Watt
CUDA cores 1344
Floating-point performance 2,459.5 gflops
Transistor count 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 3.0 x16
Width IGP
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)
SLI options 3-way
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.3
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 68.26 GB/s 144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) 6.0 GB/s
Memory type LPDDR4X GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA