Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated526
Place by popularitynot in top-10056
Power efficiencyno data19.74
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameGP104Tiger Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date25 December 2016 (7 years ago)15 August 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

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 cores115280
Core clock speed1506 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1350 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt28 Watt
Texture fill rate123.0no data
Floating-point processing power3.935 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs72no 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount3 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2002 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth192.2 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

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.

DirectX12 (12_1)12_1
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 December 2016 15 August 2020
Chip lithography 16 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 28 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs has an age advantage of 3 years, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 328.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 and Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104
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