Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1178 MHz
1100x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 72 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
4.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 120 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
304.7x more memory clock speed: 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 7.0 GB/s

Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 22 January 2015
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s vs 72 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 120 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 7.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

3.8x more core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 33% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 768
Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18734 vs 14238
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7218 vs 6889
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7218 vs 6889
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 3462
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 3462
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3335 vs 3214
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3335 vs 3214
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 311
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6111 vs 1972

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1127 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	1024 vs 768
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18734 vs 14238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7218 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7218 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335 vs 3214
PassMark - G2D Mark	673 vs 311
PassMark - G3D Mark	6111 vs 1972

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14238

18734

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

7218

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

7218

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3335

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3335

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

673

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

6111

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Geekbench - OpenCL	14238	18734
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	3335
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	673
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	6111
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		200.825
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		162

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	DG1	GM206
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	22 January 2015
Place in performance rating	523	514
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$229.99
Value for money (0-100)		34.63
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1178 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1127 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	1024
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s	72 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	120 Watt
CUDA cores		1024
Floating-point performance		2,413 gflops
Transistor count		2,940 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDCP
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)
Recommended system power (PSU)		400 Watt
SLI options		2x
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	68.26 GB/s	112 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	LPDDR4X	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost