Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 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
99
62
49
35
21
10
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
13
10
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
20
11
9
n/a
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
14
11
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
13
11
10
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
13
11
9
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High8613
1080p Ultra699
1440p Ultra50-
4K Ultra28-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
882
Time Spy75711291
Solar Bay34179n/a
Port Royal4134n/a
Fire Strike197684470
Night Raid8491814228
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
17326
Background Blur144.4 frames/s34.5 frames/s
Face Detection75.2 frames/s27.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/sec0.75 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/sec1.11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/sec0.39 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec0.18 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/sec55.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8559.4 fps3061.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
n/a
G2D Mark747n/a
DirectX 11110 fpsn/a
DirectX 1253 fpsn/a
GPU Compute5513 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fpsn/a
Car Chase423 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fpsn/a
T-Rex1884.9 fpsn/a
ALU 22192.3 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2405.1n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Intel
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced January, 15, 2019 August, 15, 2020
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Turing Generation 12.1
Codename TU106 Tiger Lake GT2
Price 349 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 950-1550 MHz
Shader Units 1920 768
TMUs 120 48
ROPs 48 24
Execution Units 30 96
Ray Tracing Cores 30 No
Tensor Cores 240 No
L1 cache 64 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 81 Gpix/sec 23-37 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 46-74 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 1.5-2.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 Ring Bus
TGP 160 W 15 W
Process TSMC Intel
Process tech. 12 nm 10 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 146 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion n/a
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz n/a
Bus 192 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 6 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 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 Yes No
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 the clear winner in this comparison.

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