Intel Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G4 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking129not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money4.14no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameGM200Tiger Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2 June 2015 (8 years old)15 August 2020 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 no data
Current price$1195 (1.8x MSRP)no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores281680
CUDA cores2816no data
Core clock speed1000 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1075 MHzno data
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattno data
Texture fill rate176 billion/secno data
Floating-point performance6,060 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G4 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length10.5" (26.7 cm)no data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors6-pin + 8-pinno data
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5DDR4
Maximum RAM amount6 GBno data
Memory bus width384 Bitno data
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/sno data
Memory bandwidth336.5 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2no data
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+no data
HDCP+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Technologies

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

GameStream+no data
GeForce ShadowPlay+no data
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+no data
Quick Syncno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)DirectX 12_1
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126no data
CUDA+no data

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 2 June 2015 15 August 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980 Ti is a desktop card while Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G4 is a notebook one.


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