Iris Plus Graphics vs GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated641
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data21.79
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code nameGP107Ice Lake GT2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 February 2019 (5 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores768512
Core clock speed1366 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1442 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate69.2232.00
Floating-point processing power2.215 TFLOPS1.024 TFLOPS
ROPs248
TMUs4832

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 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x1
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount3 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width96 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1752 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth84.1 GB/sno data

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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 15 Watt

Iris Plus Graphics has a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q and Iris Plus Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q is a notebook card while Iris Plus Graphics is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q
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Intel Iris Plus Graphics
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