Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050, vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 and Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
21
12
n/a
n/a
21
10
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
16
13
9
n/a
13
10
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
38
22
15
n/a
20
11
9
n/a
Far Cry 6
24
25
15
n/a
14
11
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
15
11
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
29
24
14
11
13
11
10
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
11
n/a
n/a
n/a
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
23
16
12
n/a
13
11
9
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High2113
1080p Ultra159
1440p Ultra11-
4K Ultra--
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
1831
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
882
Time Spy17351291
Fire Strike67714470
Night Raid2704514228
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
20580
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
17326
Background Blur52.5 frames/s34.5 frames/s
Face Detection24.9 frames/s27.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.79 Gpix/sec0.75 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.16 Gpix/sec1.11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.25 Gpix/sec0.39 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.2 Gpix/sec0.18 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching65.5 Gpix/sec55.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics1832.4 fps3061.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
5028
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
n/a
G2D Mark457n/a
DirectX 1138 fpsn/a
DirectX 1220 fpsn/a
GPU Compute2089 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
30 fps
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)174.9 fpsn/a
Car Chase160.4 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)143.1 fpsn/a
T-Rex650.7 fpsn/a
ALU 2631.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2231 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation759.5n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Intel
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced October, 25, 2016 August, 15, 2020
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Pascal Generation 12.1
Codename GP107 Tiger Lake GT2
Price 109 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1354 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1455 MHz 950-1550 MHz
Shader Units 640 768
TMUs 40 48
ROPs 32 24
Execution Units 5 96
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 47 Gpix/sec 23-37 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 58 GTex/s 46-74 GTex/s
FLOPS 1.9 TFLOPS 1.5-2.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 Ring Bus
TGP 75 W 15 W
Process Samsung Intel
Process tech. 14 nm 10 nm
Transistor Size 132 mm² 146 mm²
Transistor count 3 billion n/a
Transistor density 22.73 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1752 MHz n/a
Bus 128 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 2 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
112.1 GB/s
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) the clear winner in this comparison.

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