Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs GeForce GTX 485M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking575not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.23no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code nameGF104Tiger Lake GT2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 January 2011 (13 years ago)2 September 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 cores384384
Core clock speed1150 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1100 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate36.8026.40
Floating-point processing power0.8832 TFLOPS0.8448 TFLOPS
ROPs3212
TMUs6424

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x1
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1500 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth96.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2011 2 September 2020
Chip lithography 40 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 15 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics G4 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 566.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 485M and Iris Xe Graphics G4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 485M is a notebook card while Iris Xe Graphics G4 is a desktop one.


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