Iris Xe Max (DG1 LP / iDG1LP) Mobile vs GeForce GTX 965M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking455not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.72no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Gen. 12 Xe (2020)
GPU code nameGM206SiDG1LPDEV
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date2016 (8 years ago)1 March 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 cores102496
Core clock speed944 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1150 MHz1500 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknownno data
Texture fill rate73.60no data
Floating-point processing power2.355 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs64no 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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)no data
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB3 GB
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth80 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno 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 Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
BatteryBoost+-
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.1no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

Iris Xe Max (DG1 LP / iDG1LP) Mobile has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 965M and Iris Xe Max (DG1 LP / iDG1LP) Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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