Iris Xe Graphics 96EU vs GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking146not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency20.88no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Generation 12.2 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameTU106BAlder Lake GT1
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 January 2019 (5 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 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 cores2304768
Core clock speed1305 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1485 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate213.867.20
Floating-point processing power6.843 TFLOPS2.15 TFLOPS
ROPs6424
TMUs14448
Tensor Cores288no data
Ray Tracing Cores36no 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
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16Ring Bus
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeGDDR6System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1750 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 January 2019 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 12 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 45 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics 96EU has an age advantage of 2 years, a 20% more advanced lithography process, and 155.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile and Iris Xe Graphics 96EU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile is a notebook card while Iris Xe Graphics 96EU is a desktop one.


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