GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs

Place in the ranking	528	107
Place by popularity	65	not in top-100
Power efficiency	18.54	16.09
Architecture	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Tiger Lake Xe	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 August 2020 (4 years ago)	12 October 2022 (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	80	3584
Core clock speed	400 MHz	1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	1350 MHz	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	170 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	199.0
Floating-point processing power	no data	12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	48
TMUs	no data	112
Tensor Cores	no data	112
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	28

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).

Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 12-pin

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	no data	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	8 GB
Memory bus width	no data	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	240.0 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	no data	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	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	19 −426%	100−110 +426%
1440p	10 −400%	50−55 +400%
4K	17 −400%	85−90 +400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

−400%

70−75
+400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −426%	100−105 +426%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	19 −426%	100−105 +426%
Battlefield 5	21−24 −400%	110−120 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −400%	75−80 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	13 −400%	65−70 +400%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −400%	85−90 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −424%	110−120 +424%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −410%	250−260 +410%
Hitman 3	16 −400%	80−85 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −412%	220−230 +412%
Metro Exodus	38 −426%	200−210 +426%
Red Dead Redemption 2	20−22 −400%	100−105 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 −420%	130−140 +420%
Watch Dogs: Legion	62 −384%	300−310 +384%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −426%	100−105 +426%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16 −400%	80−85 +400%
Battlefield 5	21−24 −400%	110−120 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −400%	75−80 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	10 −400%	50−55 +400%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −400%	85−90 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −424%	110−120 +424%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −410%	250−260 +410%
Hitman 3	15 −400%	75−80 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −412%	220−230 +412%
Metro Exodus	27 −419%	140−150 +419%
Red Dead Redemption 2	20−22 −400%	100−105 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24 −400%	120−130 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −400%	110−120 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	49 −410%	250−260 +410%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −426%	100−105 +426%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −400%	50−55 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −400%	75−80 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	8 −400%	40−45 +400%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −400%	85−90 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −410%	250−260 +410%
Hitman 3	12 −400%	60−65 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16 −400%	80−85 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20 −400%	100−105 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	11 −400%	55−60 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 −409%	280−290 +409%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

20−22
−400%

100−105

+400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 −400%	70−75 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −400%	55−60 +400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −419%	140−150 +419%
Hitman 3	10−12 −400%	55−60 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −400%	80−85 +400%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16 −400%	80−85 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10 −400%	50−55 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −411%	240−250 +411%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

−400%

65−70
+400%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%
Hitman 3	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −420%	130−140 +420%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
−400%

35−40

+400%

This is how Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs and RTX 3060 8 GB compete in popular games:

RTX 3060 8 GB is 426% faster in 1080p
RTX 3060 8 GB is 400% faster in 1440p
RTX 3060 8 GB is 400% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.58	39.93
Recency	15 August 2020	12 October 2022
Chip lithography	10 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	170 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs has 507.1% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 8 GB, on the other hand, has a 426.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs in performance tests.

Be aware that Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB is a desktop one.

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