NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile and Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 712 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 768
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 10 nm
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6831 vs 1972
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 403 vs 311
3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 50663 vs 14238
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15760 vs 6889
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8923 vs 3462
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8045 vs 3214
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15760 vs 6889
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8923 vs 3462
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8045 vs 3214

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2021 vs 31 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	712 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	2048 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 10 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6831 vs 1972
PassMark - G2D Mark	403 vs 311
Geekbench - OpenCL	50663 vs 14238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	15760 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8923 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8045 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	15760 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8923 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8045 vs 3214

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1057 MHz
Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 67.65 GTexel/s
3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 42% higher memory clock speed: 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)

Boost clock speed	1650 MHz vs 1057 MHz
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s vs 67.65 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
GPU 2: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6831

1972

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

403

311

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

50663

14238

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15760

6889

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8923

3462

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8045

3214

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15760

6889

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8923

3462

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8045

3214

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
PassMark - G3D Mark	6831	1972
PassMark - G2D Mark	403	311
Geekbench - OpenCL	50663	14238
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	165.993
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1980.866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	14.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	135.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	745.481
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	15760	6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8923	3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8045	3214
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	15760	6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8923	3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8045	3214
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	421

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Generation 12.1
Code name	GA107	DG1
Launch date	2021	31 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	248	523
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1057 MHz	1650 MHz
Core clock speed	712 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	10 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	67.65 GFLOPS (1:64)	633.6 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	4.329 TFLOPS (1:1)	5.069 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.329 TFLOPS	2.534 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	768
Pixel fill rate	42.28 GPixel/s	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	67.65 GTexel/s	79.20 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	25 Watt
Compute units		96
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	IGP	IGP
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	68.26 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	LPDDR4X