Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M 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 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 71% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 967 MHz
- 731.3x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 108.3 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
- 4x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 100 Watt
- Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
- Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14238 vs 12758
- Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 6350
- Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 6350
- Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 311 vs 279
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 31 Oct 2020 vs 12 March 2014 |
| Boost clock speed | 1650 MHz vs 967 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 79.20 GTexel/s vs 108.3 GTexel / s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt vs 100 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 3 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 14238 vs 12758 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6889 vs 6350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6889 vs 6350 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 311 vs 279 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
- 3.1x more core clock speed: 941 MHz vs 300 MHz
- Around 75% higher pipelines: 1344 vs 768
- Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3462
- Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3462
- Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3214
- Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3214
- Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3496 vs 1972
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 941 MHz vs 300 MHz |
| Pipelines | 1344 vs 768 |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3718 vs 3462 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3718 vs 3462 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3353 vs 3214 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3353 vs 3214 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3496 vs 1972 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
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| Name | Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M |
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| Geekbench - OpenCL | 14238 | 12758 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6889 | 6350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6889 | 6350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3462 | 3718 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3462 | 3718 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3214 | 3353 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3214 | 3353 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 311 | 279 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1972 | 3496 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 34.836 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 960.114 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.038 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 59.57 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 81.753 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1336 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M | |
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| Architecture | Generation 12.1 | Kepler |
| Code name | DG1 | GK104 |
| Launch date | 31 Oct 2020 | 12 March 2014 |
| Place in performance rating | 523 | 691 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
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| Boost clock speed | 1650 MHz | 967 MHz |
| Compute units | 96 | |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 941 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 | 108.3 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt | 100 Watt |
| CUDA cores | 1344 | |
| Floating-point performance | 2,599 gflops | |
| Transistor count | 3,540 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| 7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | ||
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | Up to 3840x2160 | |
| eDP 1.2 signal support | Up to 3840x2160 | |
| HDCP content protection | ||
| HDMI | ||
| LVDS signal support | Up to 1920x1200 | |
| TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming | ||
| VGA аnalog display support | Up to 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Width | IGP | |
| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 68.26 GB/s | 120.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) | |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
| Standard memory configuration | GDDR5 | |
Technologies |
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| BatteryBoost | ||
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| Direct Compute | ||
| FXAA | ||
| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
| SLI | ||
| TXAA | ||

