Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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 3080

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
12.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 320 Watt
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 1 Sep 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 320 Watt
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

4.8x more core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1650 MHz
5.9x more texture fill rate: 465.1 GTexel/s vs 79.20 GTexel/s
11.3x more pipelines: 8704 vs 768
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 10 nm
2.5x more maximum memory size: 10 GB vs 4 GB
11.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167014 vs 14238
5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 34537 vs 6889
5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 34537 vs 6889
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3462
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3462
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3214
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3214
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1053 vs 311
12.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25146 vs 1972

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1440 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate	465.1 GTexel/s vs 79.20 GTexel/s
Pipelines	8704 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 10 nm
Maximum memory size	10 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	167014 vs 14238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	34537 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	34537 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3214
PassMark - G2D Mark	1053 vs 311
PassMark - G3D Mark	25146 vs 1972

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14238

167014

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

34537

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

34537

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3356

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

1053

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

25146

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Geekbench - OpenCL	14238	167014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	3356
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	1053
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	25146
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6022.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2381.93
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4420

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	Ampere
Code name	DG1	GA102
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	523	56
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1710 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	633.6 GFLOPS (1:4)	465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	5.069 TFLOPS (2:1)	29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.534 TFLOPS	29.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines	768	8704
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s	465.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count		28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x16
Width	IGP	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Form factor		Dual-slot
Height		40 mm, 1.6 inches
Length		285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 12-pin
API support
DirectX	12.1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	10 GB
Memory bandwidth	68.26 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	320 bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	LPDDR4X	GDDR6X