Iris Xe Max (DG1 LP / iDG1LP) Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking278not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation26.60no data
Power efficiency17.15no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Gen. 12 Xe (2020)
GPU code nameGP106iDG1LPDEV
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)1 March 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$237.11 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 cores128096
Core clock speed1506 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1500 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate133.6no data
Floating-point processing power4.275 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs80no 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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB3 GB
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2002 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth192 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 ConnectorsDP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 1 March 2020
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 14 nm

GTX 1060 Mobile has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Iris Xe Max (DG1 LP / iDG1LP) Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and Iris Xe Max (DG1 LP / iDG1LP) Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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