Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) vs GeForce GTX 460 SE

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking620not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.20no data
Power efficiency2.39no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameGF104Alder Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date15 November 2010 (14 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$160 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 cores28864
Core clock speed650 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1400 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature104 °Cno data
Texture fill rate31.20no data
Floating-point processing power0.7488 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs48no 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).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length210 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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1700 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth108.8 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.

Number of display connectors2no data
Display Connectors2 x Dual-Link DVI-I1 x Mini HDMIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

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 (11_0)DirectX 12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.1no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 November 2010 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 40 nm 10 nm

Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) has an age advantage of 11 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 460 SE and Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 460 SE is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) is a notebook one.


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