GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q vs Iris Xe Graphics 96EU
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 66 |
| Architecture | Generation 12.2 (2022−2023) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Raptor Lake GT1 | GA107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 4 January 2023 (1 year ago) | 17 December 2021 (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 cores | 768 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 832 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1155 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 30 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 72.00 | 73.92 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.304 TFLOPS | 4.731 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 24 | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 32 |
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).
| Interface | Ring Bus | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 96 GB/s |
| 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 | Portable Device Dependent | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 January 2023 | 17 December 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 30 Watt |
Iris Xe Graphics 96EU has an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% lower power consumption.
RTX 2050 Max-Q, on the other hand, has a 25% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Iris Xe Graphics 96EU and GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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