Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) vs GeForce GTX 965M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	451	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	13.61	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	GM206S	Alder Lake Xe
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	2016 (8 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 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	1024	64
Core clock speed	944 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	1400 MHz
Number of transistors	2,940 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	no data
Texture fill rate	73.60	no data
Floating-point processing power	2.355 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	64	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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	no 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 Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	no data
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	+	-
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	-
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	-
Optimus	+	-
BatteryBoost	+	-
Quick Sync	no data	+
Ansel	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	DirectX 12_1
Shader Model	6.7	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	1.3	-
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

28 nm

10 nm

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