Switch GPU and Iris Xe Graphics MAX - video card comparison
Switch GPU
Iris Xe Graphics MAX
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code name
GM20B
DG1
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2017
October 2020
Interface
IGP
PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
Boost clock speed
768 MHz
1650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
20 nm
10 nm
Number of transistors
2,000 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
256
768
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
25 Watt
Texture fill rate
12.29
79.20
Memory type
DDR4
LPDDR4X
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
3200 MHz
4.3 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
68.26 GB/s
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
5.3
-
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.2