Iris Xe Graphics G4 48EU Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code nameGP106Tiger Lake GT2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)2 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

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 cores1280384
Core clock speed1506 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHz1100 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate136.726.40
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS0.8448 TFLOPS
ROPs4812
TMUs8024

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 3.0 x16Ring Bus
Length250 mmno data
Width2-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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount6 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width192 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed2257 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth216.7 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2017 2 September 2020
Chip lithography 16 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 15 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics G4 48EU Mobile has an age advantage of 3 years, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 700% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps and Iris Xe Graphics G4 48EU Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics G4 48EU Mobile is a notebook one.


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