NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Intel Iris Xe MAX

Compare NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Intel Iris Xe MAX, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

2058 points

177% significantly better overall score

742 points

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

42 FPS

22 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

20 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

33 FPS

26 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

8 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

27 FPS

15 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

12 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

29 FPS

22 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

8 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

33958 points

95% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

17398 points

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

33939 points

123% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

15155 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

33375 points

137% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

14058 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

32433 points

81% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

17892 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

1506 MHz

401% significantly higher core clock speed

300 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1708 MHz

3% slightly higher boost clock speed

1650 MHz

Memory Bus Width

Number of parallel lines to the memory chips

192 Bit

49% significantly larger memory bus width

128 Bit

Memory Bandwidth

Data transfer speed between GPU core and memory

192.2 GB/s

181% significantly higher memory bandwidth

68.26 GB/s

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

120 W

25 W

380% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

81.98 Gigapixels/s

107% significantly higher pixel rate

39.6 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

123 Gigatexels/s

55% significantly higher texture rate

79.2 Gigatexels/s

Floating Point Performance

Raw number of floating point operations per second

3.94 TFLOPS

55% significantly better floating point performance

2.53 TFLOPS

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

1152

49% significantly more shading units

768

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

49% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

100% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

206th of 586

285th of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 August

2020 October

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

GDDR5

LPDDR4X

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.6

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Iris Xe MAX comparison

In our benchmarks, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB beats the Iris Xe MAX in gaming performance.

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has a significantly higher core clock speed. The core clock speed (or base speed) is the frequency at which the GPU core runs. This metric makes sense when comparing GPUs of a similar architecture or generation. In addition, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB also has a slightly higher boost clock speed. This is a frequency that can be reached if the GPU is cooled sufficiently and has enough power.

In addition, the Iris Xe MAX has a significantly lower TDP at 25 W when compared to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB at 120 W. Heat output doesn't match power consumption directly but, it's a good estimate.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB over the Iris Xe MAX.