Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) vs GeForce GT 220

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1210not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.69no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameGT216Alder Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 October 2009 (15 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores4864
Core clock speed625 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1400 MHz
Number of transistors486 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)58 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate9.840no data
Floating-point processing power0.1277 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs16no data

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).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length168 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slotno 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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed790 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth25.3 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsVGADVIHDMIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIF + HDAno data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)DirectX 12_1
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.1no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2009 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 40 nm 10 nm

Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) has an age advantage of 12 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 220 and Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 220 is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake)
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