Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) vs GeForce GTX 285

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking700not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.31no data
Power efficiency1.32no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameGT200BAlder Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date23 December 2008 (16 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$359 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 cores24064
Core clock speed648 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1400 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)204 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate51.84no data
Floating-point processing power0.7085 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 width512 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1242 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth159.0 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 ConnectorsHDTVTwo Dual Link DVIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

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

High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)128bitno data
Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)DirectX 12_1
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 December 2008 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 55 nm 10 nm

Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) has an age advantage of 13 years, and a 450% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 285 and Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 285 is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) is a notebook one.


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