Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
538
Gen. 12 Xe
Architecture
Maxwell
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Code name
GM108
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Type
Laptop
31 October 2020 (1 year ago)
Release date
10 March 2016 (5 years ago)
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Price now
$950
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Value for money
0.81
iDG1LPDEV
GPU code name
N16S-GTR-B/S
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
384
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Core clock speed
1122 MHz
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Boost Clock
993 MHz
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Transistor count
1,870 million
10 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
23 Watt
79.20
Texture fill rate
23.83
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Floating-point performance
762.6 gflops
96
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1650 MHz
Boost clock speed
1242 MHz
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Number of transistors
1,870 million
25 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
23 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX.

PCIe 4.0 x4
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
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Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
medium sized
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX can be seen in this section.

LPDDR4x
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR5
4 MB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
4266 MHz
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
68.26 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
40.1 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
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Technologies

The difference between Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX is the additional functionality.

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GPU Boost
2.0
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CUDA
+
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GeForce Experience
+
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Optimus
+
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GameWorks
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

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DirectX
12 (11_0)
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OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
1.1
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics or NVIDIA GeForce 940MX good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Death Stranding (2020) Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
F1 2020 (2020) Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 48.3 23 17.6 11.2
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics

12.62% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (10 nm vs 28 nm)

More memory bandwidth (68.26 GB/s vs 40.1 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

There is no accountable advantage

So, Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics or NVIDIA GeForce 940MX?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics .

Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics versus NVIDIA GeForce 940MX performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 940MX