Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G4 vs GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	124	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	46.74	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	N18E-G3	Tiger Lake Xe
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	2 April 2020 (4 years ago)	15 August 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	$812	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	3072	80
Core clock speed	975 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1230 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	13,600 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	207.4	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 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 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.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR6	DDR4
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	11000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	352.0 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	No outputs	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready	+	no data
Quick Sync	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	DirectX 12_1
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.140	no data
CUDA	7.5	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2020	15 August 2020
Chip lithography	12 nm	10 nm

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