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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14238
12758
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6889
6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6889
6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3353
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
311
279
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1972
3496
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
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

Essentials

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

Technical info

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

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

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

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 2.1 1.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

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

3D Blu-Ray
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA