GeForce RTX 4090 vs Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G1
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 6 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 18.80 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 15.39 |
| Architecture | Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Tiger Lake Xe | AD102 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 15 August 2020 (4 years ago) | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,599 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 48 | 16384 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 2235 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2520 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 76,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 450 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 1,290 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 82.58 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 176 |
| TMUs | no data | 512 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 512 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 128 |
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 | no data | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 304 mm |
| Width | no data | 3-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 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 type | DDR4 | GDDR6X |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1313 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 1.01 TB/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 Connectors | no data | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 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.
| DirectX | DirectX 12_1 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 August 2020 | 20 September 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 5 nm |
RTX 4090 has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G1 and GeForce RTX 4090. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G1 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4090 is a desktop 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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