Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660, vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 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
81
46
37
22
21
10
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
72
59
42
21
13
10
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
122
86
59
24
20
11
9
n/a
Far Cry 6
65
57
42
21
14
11
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
41
34
24
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
50
42
30
19
13
11
10
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
36
29
22
10
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
41
36
22
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
68
62
43
21
13
11
9
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High6413
1080p Ultra509
1440p Ultra36-
4K Ultra18-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
5094
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
882
Time Spy54431291
Solar Bay18090n/a
Port Royal1457n/a
Fire Strike141944470
Night Raid6615614228
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
60105
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
17326
Background Blur107.7 frames/s34.5 frames/s
Face Detection58.6 frames/s27.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.07 Gpix/sec0.75 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.61 Gpix/sec1.11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3 Gpix/sec0.39 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.77 Gpix/sec0.18 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching301.7 Gpix/sec55.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8078.5 fps3061.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
11660
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
n/a
G2D Mark776n/a
DirectX 1179 fpsn/a
DirectX 1248 fpsn/a
GPU Compute5157 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
65.4 fps
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)355.8 fpsn/a
Car Chase317.5 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)282.1 fpsn/a
T-Rex1281.3 fpsn/a
ALU 21549.9 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2258.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1714.8n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Intel
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced March, 14, 2019 August, 15, 2020
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Turing Generation 12.1
Codename TU116 Tiger Lake GT2
Price 219 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1530 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1785 MHz 950-1550 MHz
Shader Units 1408 768
TMUs 88 48
ROPs 48 24
Execution Units 22 96
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 64 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 Gpix/sec 23-37 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTex/s 46-74 GTex/s
FLOPS 5 TFLOPS 1.5-2.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 Ring Bus
TGP 120 W 15 W
Process TSMC Intel
Process tech. 12 nm 10 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² 146 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion n/a
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2001 MHz n/a
Bus 192 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 6 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
192.1 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 7.5 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

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