GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps vs Iris Xe Graphics G7

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking421not rated
Place by popularity22not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameTiger Lake XeGP106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 August 2020 (4 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

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 cores961280
Core clock speedno data1506 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1709 MHz
Number of transistorsno data4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology10 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data120 Watt
Texture fill rateno data136.7
Floating-point processing powerno data4.375 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data80

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data250 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 typeDDR4GDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data6 GB
Memory bus widthno data192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2257 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data216.7 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 data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

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.

DirectXDirectX 12_112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2020 20 April 2017
Chip lithography 10 nm 16 nm

Iris Xe Graphics G7 has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Iris Xe Graphics G7 and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Iris Xe Graphics G7 is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps is a desktop one.


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