GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs Iris Pro Graphics P580

Place in the ranking	615	294
Place by popularity	not in top-100	17
Power efficiency	24.36	28.90
Architecture	Generation 9.0 (2015−2016)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Skylake GT4e	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 September 2015 (9 years ago)	17 December 2021 (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	576	2048
Core clock speed	350 MHz	1185 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	1477 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm+	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	75.60	94.53
Floating-point processing power	1.21 TFLOPS	6.05 TFLOPS
ROPs	9	32
TMUs	72	64
Tensor Cores	no data	256
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	32

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	no data	large
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 3.0 x8

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	DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	112.0 GB/s
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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+
G-SYNC support	-	+

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

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 HD	12−14 −258%	43 +258%
1440p	10−12 −260%	36 +260%
4K	8−9 −300%	32 +300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10

−444%

49
+444%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −200%	40−45 +200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −600%	42 +600%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −336%	60−65 +336%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −245%	35−40 +245%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −367%	42 +367%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −300%	40−45 +300%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −233%	50−55 +233%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −255%	110−120 +255%
Hitman 3	10−12 −300%	44 +300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −176%	90−95 +176%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −392%	60−65 +392%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −257%	50−55 +257%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −221%	60−65 +221%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −87.2%	85−90 +87.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −200%	40−45 +200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −250%	21 +250%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −336%	60−65 +336%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −245%	35−40 +245%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −233%	30 +233%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −300%	40−45 +300%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −233%	50−55 +233%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −255%	110−120 +255%
Hitman 3	10−12 −291%	43 +291%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −176%	90−95 +176%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −392%	60−65 +392%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −257%	50−55 +257%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −226%	62 +226%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −133%	40−45 +133%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −87.2%	85−90 +87.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −200%	40−45 +200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −16.7%	7 +16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −245%	35−40 +245%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −178%	25 +178%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −300%	40−45 +300%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −255%	110−120 +255%
Hitman 3	10−12 −255%	39 +255%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −176%	90−95 +176%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −189%	55 +189%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −83.3%	33 +83.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +161%	18 −161%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

−257%

50−55
+257%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −260%	35−40 +260%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −250%	27−30 +250%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −280%	18−20 +280%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	16−18
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −450%	10−12 +450%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −267%	21−24 +267%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −692%	100−110 +692%
Hitman 3	9−10 −144%	21−24 +144%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −217%	35−40 +217%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −1033%	30−35 +1033%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −236%	110−120 +236%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

−244%

30−35
+244%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Hitman 3	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −967%	95−100 +967%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −900%	20−22 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −1800%	18−20 +1800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −267%	10−12 +267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −350%	9−10 +350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	4−5
Far Cry 5	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −525%	24−27 +525%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

−167%

16−18
+167%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

20−22

+0%

20−22

+0%

This is how Iris Pro Graphics P580 and RTX 2050 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 2050 Mobile is 258% faster in 1080p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 260% faster in 1440p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 300% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Iris Pro Graphics P580 is 161% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 2050 Mobile is 1800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Iris Pro Graphics P580 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RTX 2050 Mobile is ahead in 67 tests (96%)
there's a draw in 2 tests (3%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.24	18.65
Recency	1 September 2015	17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt

Iris Pro Graphics P580 has a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 200% lower power consumption.

RTX 2050 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 255.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Pro Graphics P580 in performance tests.

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