Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super

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Combined performance score

RTX 2070 Super
47.08
+313%

GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms Iris Xe MAX Graphics by 313% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking63381
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money46.41no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Gen. 12 Xe (2020)
GPU code nameTuring TU104iDG1LPDEV
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2 July 2019 (4 years old)31 October 2020 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data
Current price$261 (0.5x 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 cores256096
Core clock speed1605 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1770 MHz1650 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)215 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate283.279.20

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 2070 Super and Iris Xe MAX Graphics 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.

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6LPDDR4x
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz4266 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s68.26 GB/s
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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CNo outputs
HDMI+no data
G-SYNC support+no data

Technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA7.5no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 2070 Super 47.08
+313%
Iris Xe MAX Graphics 11.39

GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms Iris Xe MAX Graphics by 313% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RTX 2070 Super 18245
+826%
Iris Xe MAX Graphics 1971

GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms Iris Xe MAX Graphics by 826% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 2070 Super 35032
+326%
Iris Xe MAX Graphics 8214

GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms Iris Xe MAX Graphics by 326% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 2070 Super 24639
+289%
Iris Xe MAX Graphics 6333

GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms Iris Xe MAX Graphics by 289% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 2070 Super 129295
+250%
Iris Xe MAX Graphics 36993

GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms Iris Xe MAX Graphics by 250% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RTX 2070 Super 515887
+191%
Iris Xe MAX Graphics 177442

GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms Iris Xe MAX Graphics by 191% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD135
+400%
27
−400%
1440p84
+320%
20
−320%
4K55
+244%
16
−244%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 94
+422%
18−20
−422%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 104
+333%
24−27
−333%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 88
+363%
19
−363%
Battlefield 5 118
+211%
38
−211%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 180
+500%
30−33
−500%
Cyberpunk 2077 84
+367%
18−20
−367%
Far Cry 5 123
+373%
26
−373%
Far Cry New Dawn 112
+387%
23
−387%
Forza Horizon 4 174
+335%
40−45
−335%
Hitman 3 176
+433%
33
−433%
Horizon Zero Dawn 111
+363%
24−27
−363%
Red Dead Redemption 2 117
+333%
27
−333%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 131
+470%
23
−470%
Watch Dogs: Legion 111
+429%
21−24
−429%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 90
+275%
24−27
−275%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 74
+1133%
6
−1133%
Battlefield 5 103
+194%
35
−194%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 139
+363%
30−33
−363%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
+333%
18−20
−333%
Far Cry 5 117
+368%
25
−368%
Far Cry New Dawn 107
+386%
22
−386%
Forza Horizon 4 172
+330%
40−45
−330%
Hitman 3 154
+450%
28
−450%
Horizon Zero Dawn 87
+263%
24−27
−263%
Metro Exodus 90
+400%
18
−400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 67
+644%
9
−644%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 123
+1018%
11
−1018%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 181
+432%
34
−432%
Watch Dogs: Legion 96
+357%
21−24
−357%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65
+171%
24−27
−171%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 66
+267%
18−20
−267%
Battlefield 5 95
+188%
33
−188%
Cyberpunk 2077 73
+306%
18−20
−306%
Far Cry 5 110
+358%
24
−358%
Far Cry New Dawn 98
+390%
20
−390%
Forza Horizon 4 153
+283%
40−45
−283%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100
+456%
18
−456%
Watch Dogs: Legion 68
+224%
21−24
−224%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 95
+459%
16−18
−459%
Hitman 3 101
+461%
18−20
−461%
Horizon Zero Dawn 63
+271%
16−18
−271%
Metro Exodus 57
+470%
10−11
−470%
Red Dead Redemption 2 44
+450%
8−9
−450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 86
+473%
14−16
−473%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 57
+418%
10−12
−418%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 53
+563%
8−9
−563%
Battlefield 5 83
+295%
21−24
−295%
Cyberpunk 2077 47
+683%
6−7
−683%
Far Cry 5 98
+444%
18−20
−444%
Far Cry New Dawn 91
+379%
18−20
−379%
Forza Horizon 4 125
+495%
21−24
−495%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75
+573%
10−12
−573%
Watch Dogs: Legion 51
+750%
6−7
−750%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 55
+588%
8−9
−588%
Hitman 3 55
+400%
10−12
−400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 19
+111%
9−10
−111%
Metro Exodus 37
+640%
5−6
−640%
Red Dead Redemption 2 28
+367%
6−7
−367%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 46
+667%
6−7
−667%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 68
+518%
11
−518%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 39
+550%
6−7
−550%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 32
+540%
5−6
−540%
Battlefield 5 53
+430%
10−11
−430%
Cyberpunk 2077 23
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Far Cry 5 54
+500%
9−10
−500%
Far Cry New Dawn 57
+375%
12−14
−375%
Forza Horizon 4 84
+460%
14−16
−460%
Watch Dogs: Legion 29
+625%
4−5
−625%

This is how RTX 2070 Super and Iris Xe MAX Graphics compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • RTX 2070 Super is 400% faster than Iris Xe MAX Graphics

1440p resolution:

  • RTX 2070 Super is 320% faster than Iris Xe MAX Graphics

4K resolution:

  • RTX 2070 Super is 244% faster than Iris Xe MAX Graphics

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 2070 Super is 1133% faster than the Iris Xe MAX Graphics.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 2070 Super surpassed Iris Xe MAX Graphics in all 68 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 47.08 11.39
Recency 2 July 2019 31 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 25 Watt

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Xe MAX Graphics in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2070 Super is a desktop card while Iris Xe MAX Graphics is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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