Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs vs GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 525 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 47 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 18.84 |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022) |
| GPU code name | GP106 | Tiger Lake Xe |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 27 June 2017 (7 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 cores | 1280 | 80 |
| Core clock speed | 1265 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1480 MHz | 1350 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,400 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 28 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 118.4 | no data |
| ROPs | 48 | no data |
| TMUs | 80 | no 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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no 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 type | GDDR5 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.2 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Quick Sync | no data | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12.0 | 12_1 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | no data |
| CUDA | 6.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 June 2017 | 15 August 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 28 Watt |
Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs has an age advantage of 3 years, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 185.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB and Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs. We've got no test results to judge.
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