Iris Xe Graphics 96EU vs RTX A4500
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 45 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 19.39 | no data |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2024) | Generation 12.2 (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | GA102 | Raptor Lake GT1 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 23 November 2021 (2 years ago) | 4 January 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 cores | 7168 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 1050 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1650 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 28,300 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 369.6 | 72.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 23.65 TFLOPS | 2.304 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 96 | 24 |
| TMUs | 224 | 48 |
| Tensor Cores | 224 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 56 | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | Ring Bus |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | no data |
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 | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 20 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 320 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 640.0 GB/s | 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 | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 November 2021 | 4 January 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 15 Watt |
RTX A4500 has a 25% more advanced lithography process.
Iris Xe Graphics 96EU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 1233.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between RTX A4500 and Iris Xe Graphics 96EU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that RTX A4500 is a workstation card while Iris Xe Graphics 96EU is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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