Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU vs GeForce GTX 260 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code nameGT200BTiger Lake GT2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date8 December 2009 (15 years ago)2 September 2020 (4 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 cores192768
Core clock speed518 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1100 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate33.1552.80
Floating-point processing power0.4147 TFLOPS1.69 TFLOPS
ROPs2824
TMUs6448

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 2.0 x16Ring Bus
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1792 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width448 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1008 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth112.9 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 December 2009 2 September 2020
Chip lithography 55 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 15 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU has an age advantage of 10 years, a 450% more advanced lithography process, and 1113.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 OEM and Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 OEM is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU is a notebook one.


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