Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs vs GeForce 6800 GT

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated526
Place by popularitynot in top-10048
Power efficiencyno data18.84
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameNV45Tiger Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date8 June 2004 (20 years ago)15 August 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data80
Core clock speed350 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1350 MHz
Number of transistors222 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology130 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)67 Watt28 Watt
Texture fill rate5.600no data
ROPs16no data
TMUs16no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount256 MBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth32 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Videono data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12_1
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 June 2004 15 August 2020
Chip lithography 130 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 67 Watt 28 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs has an age advantage of 16 years, a 1200% more advanced lithography process, and 139.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6800 GT and Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 6800 GT is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is a notebook one.


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