Quadro NVS 440 vs Iris Xe Graphics G4

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 12.1 (2020−2021)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameTiger Lake GT2NV43 A4
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date2 September 2020 (4 years ago)14 February 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$96.99

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 cores384no data
Core clock speed300 MHz250 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data146 million
Manufacturing process technology10 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt31 Watt
Texture fill rate26.402.000
Floating-point processing power0.8448 TFLOPSno data
ROPs128
TMUs248

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 3.0 x1PCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data187 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared128 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data8 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DMS-59

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.43.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL3.0N/A
Vulkan1.2N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 September 2020 14 February 2006
Chip lithography 10 nm 110 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 31 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics G4 has an age advantage of 14 years, a 1000% more advanced lithography process, and 106.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Iris Xe Graphics G4 and Quadro NVS 440. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Iris Xe Graphics G4 is a notebook card while Quadro NVS 440 is a workstation one.


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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
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