Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 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, 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 RTX 2060

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 12 nm
6.4x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 160 Watt

Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 7 January 2019
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 160 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

4.6x more core clock speed: 1365 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1680 MHz vs 1650 MHz
2.5x more pipelines: 1920 vs 768
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
6.6x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 71402 vs 14238
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20094 vs 6889
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20094 vs 6889
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7442 vs 3462
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7442 vs 3462
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6714 vs 3214
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6714 vs 3214
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 746 vs 311
7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14119 vs 1972

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1365 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1680 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Pipelines	1920 vs 768
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	71402 vs 14238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20094 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20094 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7442 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7442 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6714 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6714 vs 3214
PassMark - G2D Mark	746 vs 311
PassMark - G3D Mark	14119 vs 1972

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14238

71402

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

20094

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

20094

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

7442

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

7442

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

6714

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

6714

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

746

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

14119

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Geekbench - OpenCL	14238	71402
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	7442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	6714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	6714
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	746
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	14119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		217.04
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3119.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		21.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		133.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1141.283
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1242

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	Turing
Code name	DG1	TU106
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	7 January 2019
Place in performance rating	523	161
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Price now		$349.99
Value for money (0-100)		62.74
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1680 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1365 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	12 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	1920
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count		10,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort count		2
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	IGP
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	68.26 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	14000 MHz
Memory type	LPDDR4X	GDDR6