NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • 4.4x more core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1650 MHz
  • 2.5x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 79.20 GTexel/s
  • 4.7x more pipelines: 3584 vs 768
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 10 nm
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
  • 8.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 1972
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 311
  • 6.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88251 vs 14238
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 6889
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3462
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3214
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 6889
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3462
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3214
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 31 Oct 2020
Core clock speed 1320 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s vs 79.20 GTexel/s
Pipelines 3584 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 10 nm
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 vs 1972
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 vs 311
Geekbench - OpenCL 88251 vs 14238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3214

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

  • 6.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU 2: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17107
1972
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
971
311
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
88251
14238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3214
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3214
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 1972
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 311
Geekbench - OpenCL 88251 14238
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3214
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1961

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Generation 12.1
Code name GA106 DG1
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 31 Oct 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Place in performance rating 134 523
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 1650 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 10 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) 633.6 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) 5.069 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS 2.534 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3584 768
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s 39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s 79.20 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 13250 million
Compute units 96

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x4
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches) IGP

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s 68.26 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 LPDDR4X