Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs NVIDIA GeForce MX330

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and NVIDIA GeForce MX330 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1594 MHz
  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 38.26 GTexel/s
  • 2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 42% higher memory clock speed: 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)
  • Around 33% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14238 vs 10706
  • Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 3808
  • Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 3808
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3462 vs 2784
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3462 vs 2784
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 311 vs 228
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 Oct 2020 vs 10 Feb 2020
Boost clock speed 1650 MHz vs 1594 MHz
Texture fill rate 79.20 GTexel/s vs 38.26 GTexel/s
Pipelines 768 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 14238 vs 10706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6889 vs 3808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6889 vs 3808
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3462 vs 2784
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3462 vs 2784
PassMark - G2D Mark 311 vs 228

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX330

  • 5.1x more core clock speed: 1531 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 25 Watt
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 3214
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 3214
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2405 vs 1972
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1531 MHz vs 300 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 vs 3214
PassMark - G3D Mark 2405 vs 1972

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce MX330

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14238
10706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6889
3808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6889
3808
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
2784
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
2784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3352
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3352
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
311
228
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1972
2405
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX NVIDIA GeForce MX330
Geekbench - OpenCL 14238 10706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6889 3808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6889 3808
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3462 2784
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3462 2784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3214 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3214 3352
PassMark - G2D Mark 311 228
PassMark - G3D Mark 1972 2405

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX NVIDIA GeForce MX330

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.1 Pascal
Code name DG1 GP108
Launch date 31 Oct 2020 10 Feb 2020
Place in performance rating 523 757
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1650 MHz 1594 MHz
Compute units 96
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1531 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 633.6 GFLOPS (1:4) 38.26 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 5.069 TFLOPS (2:1) 19.13 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 2.534 TFLOPS 1,224 GFLOPS
Pipelines 768 384
Pixel fill rate 39.60 GPixel/s 25.50 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 79.20 GTexel/s 38.26 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 10 Watt
Transistor count 1800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 3.0 x16
Width IGP IGP
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.1
OpenCL 2.1 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 68.26 GB/s 48.06 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 64 bit
Memory clock speed 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)
Memory type LPDDR4X GDDR5