Arc Pro A40 vs Iris Xe MAX Graphics

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking624not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency14.03no data
ArchitectureGeneration 12.1 (2020−2021)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameDG1DG2-128
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date31 October 2020 (4 years ago)8 August 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 cores7681024
Core clock speed300 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1650 MHz1700 MHz
Number of transistorsno data7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology10 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate79.20108.8
Floating-point processing power2.534 TFLOPS3.482 TFLOPS
ROPs2432
TMUs4864
Ray Tracing Coresno data8

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeLPDDR4XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed2133 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth68.26 GB/s192.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 October 2020 8 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 10 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 50 Watt

Iris Xe MAX Graphics has 100% lower power consumption.

Arc Pro A40, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 66.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Iris Xe MAX Graphics and Arc Pro A40. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Iris Xe MAX Graphics is a notebook card while Arc Pro A40 is a workstation one.


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Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
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