Quadro4 980 XGL vs Iris Xe Graphics G4

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1499
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 12.1 (2020−2021)Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code nameTiger Lake GT2NV28 A2
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date2 September 2020 (4 years ago)12 November 2002 (22 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 cores384no data
Core clock speed300 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data36 million
Manufacturing process technology10 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate26.402.400
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 x1AGP 8x
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 SharedDDR
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared128 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared325 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data10.4 GB/s
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 outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

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)8.1
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.61.3
OpenCL3.0N/A
Vulkan1.2N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 September 2020 12 November 2002
Chip lithography 10 nm 150 nm

Iris Xe Graphics G4 has an age advantage of 17 years, and a 1400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Iris Xe Graphics G4 and Quadro4 980 XGL. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Iris Xe Graphics G4 is a notebook card while Quadro4 980 XGL is a workstation one.


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