Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs GeForce GTX 580

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	408	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.08	no data
Power efficiency	3.36	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code name	GF110	Tiger Lake GT2
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	9 November 2010 (14 years ago)	2 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	512	384
Core clock speed	772 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	244 Watt	15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	49.41	26.40
Floating-point processing power	1.581 TFLOPS	0.8448 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	12
TMUs	64	24

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 support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x1
Length	267 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	384 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB/s	no 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 Connectors	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.2
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	9 November 2010	2 September 2020
Chip lithography	40 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	244 Watt	15 Watt

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