Iris Plus Graphics G7 64EU Mobile vs GeForce GTX 680

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking359not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.95no data
Power efficiency5.11no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code nameGK104Ice Lake GT2
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date22 March 2012 (12 years ago)4 May 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1536512
Core clock speed1006 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1058 MHz1050 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm10 nm+
Power consumption (TDP)195 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate135.433.60
Floating-point processing power3.25 TFLOPS1.075 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs12832

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16Ring Bus
Length254 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 amount2048 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256-bit GDDR5System Shared
Memory clock speed1502 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2012 4 May 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 195 Watt 15 Watt

Iris Plus Graphics G7 64EU Mobile has an age advantage of 8 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 1200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 680 and Iris Plus Graphics G7 64EU Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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