Iris Plus Graphics 950 vs GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	243	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	31.61	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Generation 11.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	N17E-G1	Ice Lake GT2
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	18 August 2016 (7 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$237.11	no data
Current price	$240 (1x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1280	512
CUDA cores	1280	no data
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz	1000 MHz
Number of transistors	4,400 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	133.6	32.00
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and Iris Plus Graphics 950 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x1
Width	no data	IGP
SLI options	-	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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	192 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors	DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDCP	2.2	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	+	no data
GPU Boost	3.0	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	16 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	15 Watt

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