Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) vs XGI Volari V3 XT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	XG4 (2003−2005)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	XG42	Alder Lake Xe
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	15 September 2003 (21 year ago)	4 January 2022 (2 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	no data	64
Core clock speed	250 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1400 MHz
Number of transistors	25 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	10 nm
Texture fill rate	1.000	no data
ROPs	2	no data
TMUs	4	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	AGP 8x	no data
Width	1-slot	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	DDR	no data
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	207 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	6.624 GB/s	no data
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

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

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Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	8.1	DirectX 12_1
OpenGL	1.3	no data
OpenCL	N/A	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 September 2003	4 January 2022
Chip lithography	130 nm	10 nm

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