L20 vs Iris Xe Graphics MAX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking623not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency14.04no data
ArchitectureGeneration 12.1 (2020−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameDG1AD102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date31 October 2020 (4 years ago)16 November 2023 (1 year 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 cores76811776
Core clock speedno data1440 MHz
Boost clock speed1650 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistorsno data76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology10 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt275 Watt
Texture fill rate79.20927.4
Floating-point processing power2.534 TFLOPS59.35 TFLOPS
ROPs24128
TMUs48368
Tensor Coresno data368
Ray Tracing Coresno data92

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 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-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 typeLPDDR4XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB48 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed4.3 GB/s2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth68.26 GB/s864.0 GB/s

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 outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 October 2020 16 November 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 10 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 275 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics MAX has 1000% lower power consumption.

L20, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Iris Xe Graphics MAX and L20. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Iris Xe Graphics MAX is a desktop card while L20 is a workstation one.


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