NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
8.4x more core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 60% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1650 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 316.8 GTexel/s vs 79.20 GTexel/s
5x more pipelines: 3840 vs 768
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 10 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
7.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 101650 vs 14238
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1081 vs 311
10x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19722 vs 1972

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 31 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s vs 79.20 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3840 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 10 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	101650 vs 14238
PassMark - G2D Mark	1081 vs 311
PassMark - G3D Mark	19722 vs 1972

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU 2: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

101650

14238

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1081

311

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19722

1972

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
Geekbench - OpenCL	101650	14238
PassMark - G2D Mark	1081	311
PassMark - G3D Mark	19722	1972
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2302
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	311.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	33.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	169.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1500.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6622.553
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3214

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Generation 12.1
Code name	AD106	DG1
Launch date	2023	31 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	75	523
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz	1650 MHz
Core clock speed	2505 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	10 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	316.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	633.6 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS (1:1)	5.069 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS	2.534 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840	768
Pixel fill rate	126.7 GPixel/s	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s	79.20 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	25 Watt
Compute units		96
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x4
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin
Width		IGP
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	68.26 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	LPDDR4X