Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
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
22
9
n/a
n/a
107
67
53
36
The Witcher 3
12
11
n/a
n/a
115
96
69
37
Counter-Strike 2
18
12
10
n/a
170
126
92
45
Far Cry 6
14
11
n/a
n/a
88
78
63
32
COD Modern Warfare 3
13
11
10
n/a
76
66
46
31
Ghost of Tsushima
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
58
46
34
17
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
62
59
32
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
13
13
9
n/a
102
91
66
32
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
61
50
38
19
Avg FPS
1080p High1393
1080p Ultra1075
1440p Ultra-55
4K Ultra-29
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
934
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
8193
Time Spy12308326
Solar Bayn/a37029
Port Royaln/a4708
Fire Strike419620182
Night Raid1497771905
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
14240
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
94459
Background Blur31 frames/s153.5 frames/s
Face Detection23.3 frames/s90 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.61 Gpix/sec4.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection0.87 Gpix/sec5.77 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur0.36 Gpix/sec4.35 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.15 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching36.1 Gpix/sec385.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics2493.2 fps12770 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
2668
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
13262
G2D Mark382589
DirectX 1116 fps110 fps
DirectX 1213 fps58 fps
GPU Compute1285 Ops/s5759 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
26.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
100.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)174.8 fps537.5 fps
Car Chasen/a465 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a398.2 fps
T-Rexn/a1964.8 fps
ALU 2n/a2748.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a256.8 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a2932.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Intel Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced August, 15, 2020 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Universal Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Generation 12.1 Ampere
Codename Tiger Lake GT2 GA106 (GN20-E3)

GPU

GPU Frequency 300 MHz 816-1387 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 850-1500 MHz 1283-1703 MHz
Shader Units 640 3840
TMUs 40 120
ROPs 20 48
Execution Units 80 30
Ray Tracing Cores No 30
Tensor Cores No 120
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 17-30 Gpix/sec 62-82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 34-60 GTex/s 154-204 GTex/s
FLOPS 1.1-1.9 TFLOPS 9.9-13.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Ring Bus PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 15 W 60-140 W
Process Intel Samsung
Process tech. 10 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 146 mm² 300 mm²
Transistor count n/a 13.25 billion
Transistor density n/a 44.17 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR6
Memory Frequency n/a 1750 MHz
Bus n/a 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 6 GB
Max Throughput
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
336 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.2 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.6
DisplayPort n/a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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