Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs Quadro P2000 Mobile

Place in the ranking	333	621
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	14.91	14.25
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code name	GP106	DG1
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	15 February 2019 (5 years ago)	31 October 2020 (4 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	1152	768
Core clock speed	1291 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1291 MHz	1650 MHz
Number of transistors	4,400 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	92.95	79.20
Floating-point processing power	2.974 TFLOPS	2.534 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	24
TMUs	72	48

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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x4
Width	no data	IGP

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	GDDR5	LPDDR4X
Maximum RAM amount	3.75 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	4.3 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	96.13 GB/s	68.26 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 Connectors

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.2
CUDA	6.1	-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	16.04	5.11
Recency	15 February 2019	31 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount	3.75 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	25 Watt

P2000 Mobile has a 213.9% higher aggregate performance score.

Iris Xe Graphics MAX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 6.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

The Quadro P2000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Xe Graphics MAX in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P2000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Iris Xe Graphics MAX is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.