Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

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 nameGP104Tiger Lake GT2
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)2 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 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 cores2560768
Core clock speed1607 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1100 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate277.352.80
Floating-point processing power8.873 TFLOPS1.69 TFLOPS
ROPs6424
TMUs16048

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
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-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 typeGDDR5XSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1376 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth352.3 GB/sno 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 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) 180 Watt 15 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Mobile has an age advantage of 3 years, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 1100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps and Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Mobile
Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Mobile

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.8 284 votes

Rate GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.5 60 votes

Rate Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Mobile on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.