Iris Xe Graphics 80EU vs GeForce GTS 450

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking730not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.66no data
Power efficiency2.21no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Generation 12.2 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGF106Raptor Lake GT1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date13 September 2010 (14 years ago)4 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$129 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores192640
Core clock speed783 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1450 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature100 °Cno data
Texture fill rate25.0658.00
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPS1.856 TFLOPS
ROPs1620
TMUs3240

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).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16Ring Bus
Length210 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1804 (3608 data rate) MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth57.7 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 ConnectorsMini HDMITwo Dual Link DVIPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 September 2010 4 January 2023
Chip lithography 40 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 15 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics 80EU has an age advantage of 12 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 606.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 450 and Iris Xe Graphics 80EU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTS 450 is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics 80EU is a notebook one.


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