Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 Comparison

The Verdict

The benchmark database places the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 in essentially the same performance tier, with an average benchmark score of 4360 for the Intel part and 4335 for the NVIDIA part. The delta between the two is a mere 0.6% in favor of the Intel iGPU, a margin that falls well within typical run-to-run variance. The data shows the Iris Pro 5200 sits at the 26th percentile of all GPUs, while the RTX 4070 GDDR6 sits at the 25th percentile, confirming they are statistical peers in this database.

For the Intel side, the Iris Pro 5200 is an end-of-life integrated processor from the Haswell generation, built on a 22 nm node. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 5042 and Vulkan score of 3677 represent its only two benchmark entries. This is a part designed for compact, low-power systems where the CPU and GPU share the same die and memory subsystem. The RTX 4070 GDDR6, meanwhile, is a discrete, dual-slot add-in board from the GeForce 40-series, based on the AD104 chip with Ada Lovelace architecture. Its single benchmark entry is a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 4334.5, which anchors its average.

Who should pick which depends entirely on context. If the requirement is a self-contained graphics solution in a laptop or a small-form-factor desktop where the CPU package must also render frames, the Iris Pro 5200 is the only viable option of the two—it is an IGP with a Ring Bus interface and motherboard-dependent display outputs. The RTX 4070 GDDR6, by contrast, demands a PCIe 4.0 x16 slot, a 550 W suggested PSU, a 16-pin power connector, and 240 mm of board length. If the requirement is raw compute throughput in a desktop with a dedicated power budget, the RTX 4070 GDDR6 is the clear choice, despite the database showing near-identical average scores. The benchmark results indicate that the Iris Pro 5200's lead is narrow enough to be meaningless; the real differentiation lies in architecture, memory, and feature support.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from entirely different eras and design philosophies. The Intel Iris Pro 5200 uses the Haswell GT3e chip, built on Intel's 22 nm process at Intel's own foundry. It is a Generation 7.5 architecture with 320 shading units, 40 texture mapping units, and 4 ROPs. Its memory is entirely system-shared, with no dedicated VRAM; bandwidth is listed as "System Dependent," and the bus width is likewise system-shared. The clock runs at a 200 MHz base and boosts to 1150 MHz. The pixel rate is 4.600 GPixel/s, texture rate is 46.00 GTexel/s, and FP32 compute is 736.0 GFLOPS. The thermal design power is 45 W, which includes the entire CPU/GPU package, and the slot width is listed as IGP, meaning it occupies no expansion slot.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6, in contrast, is built on TSMC's 5 nm node with the AD104 chip, packing 35,800 million transistors into a 294 mm² die—a transistor density of 121.8 million per square millimeter. It has 5888 shading units, 184 TMUs, 64 ROPs, 46 ray-tracing cores, and 184 tensor cores. The memory subsystem is dedicated: 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, running at 2500 MHz (20 Gbps effective), yielding 480.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Base clock is 1920 MHz with a boost of 2475 MHz. Pixel rate reaches 158.4 GPixel/s, texture rate 455.4 GTexel/s, and FP32 compute is 29.15 TFLOPS, with FP16 also at 29.15 TFLOPS (1:1). The TDP is 200 W, requiring a single 16-pin power connector and a 550 W suggested PSU. The board measures 240 mm by 110 mm by 40 mm.

The API support diverges sharply. The Iris Pro 5200 supports DirectX 12 (11_1), OpenGL 4.3, and Vulkan 1.0. The RTX 4070 GDDR6 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The NVIDIA part also includes dedicated ray-tracing and tensor cores, which are entirely absent from the Intel design. The bus interface differs as well: Ring Bus for Intel versus PCIe 4.0 x16 for NVIDIA.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The Intel Iris Pro 5200 leads with an average benchmark score of 4360, which is 0.6% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6's average of 4335. This is within run-to-run variance.

Q: What is the memory configuration difference?

A: The Intel Iris Pro 5200 uses system-shared memory with no dedicated VRAM, and its bandwidth is system-dependent. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 has 12 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, providing 480.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

Q: How do their compute capabilities compare?

A: The RTX 4070 GDDR6 delivers 29.15 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, which is roughly 39.6 times the 736.0 GFLOPS of the Iris Pro 5200. The NVIDIA part also has 46 ray-tracing cores and 184 tensor cores, which the Intel part lacks entirely.

Q: What are their production statuses and release dates?

A: The Intel Iris Pro 5200 was released on June 2, 2013, and is end-of-life. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 was released on August 19, 2024, and is also end-of-life.

Q: What are the power requirements?

A: The Iris Pro 5200 has a TDP of 45 W and uses no additional power connectors, as it is an IGP. The RTX 4070 GDDR6 has a TDP of 200 W, requires a single 16-pin power connector, and a suggested PSU of 550 W.

Q: Which GPU supports newer graphics APIs?

A: The RTX 4070 GDDR6 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The Iris Pro 5200 supports DirectX 12 (11_1), OpenGL 4.3, and Vulkan 1.0.

Specification Differences

| Field | Intel Iris Pro 5200 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 |

|---|---|---|

| Architecture | Generation 7.5 | Ada Lovelace |

| Process Node | 22 nm | 5 nm |

| Foundry | Intel | TSMC |

| Transistors | Not specified | 35,800 million |

| Die Size | Not specified | 294 mm² |

| Transistor Density | Not specified | 121.8M / mm² |

| Base Clock | 200 MHz | 1920 MHz |

| Boost Clock | 1150 MHz | 2475 MHz |

| Memory Size | System Shared | 12 GB |

| Memory Type | System Shared | GDDR6 |

| Memory Bus Width | System Shared | 192 bit |

| Memory Bandwidth | System Dependent | 480.0 GB/s |

| Shading Units | 320 | 5888 |

| TMUs | 40 | 184 |

| ROPs | 4 | 64 |

| RT Cores | Not applicable | 46 |

| Tensor Cores | Not applicable | 184 |

| Pixel Rate | 4.600 GPixel/s | 158.4 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 46.00 GTexel/s | 455.4 GTexel/s |

| FP32 Compute | 736.0 GFLOPS | 29.15 TFLOPS |

| FP16 Compute | Not specified | 29.15 TFLOPS (1:1) |

| TDP | 45 W | 200 W |

| Slot Width | IGP | Dual-slot |

| Power Connectors | Not specified | 1x 16-pin |

| Suggested PSU | Not specified | 550 W |

| Bus Interface | Ring Bus | PCIe 4.0 x16 |

| Display Outputs | Motherboard Dependent | 1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a |

| DirectX Support | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |

| OpenGL Support | 4.3 | 4.6 |

| Vulkan Support | 1.0 | 1.4 |

| Release Date | 2013-06-02 | 2024-08-19 |

| Launch MSRP | Not specified | 599 USD |

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains no direct head-to-head benchmark entries between the Intel Iris Pro 5200 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. Instead, the comparison rests on each part's average benchmark score and their nearest-rival relationships.

The Intel part's average score of 4360 comes from two Geekbench tests. Its OpenCL score of 5042 is notably higher than its Vulkan score of 3677, indicating that the architecture performs better under compute-oriented OpenCL workloads than under Vulkan. The NVIDIA part's average of 4335 is derived solely from a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 4334.5, a single modern gaming-oriented workload.

The nearest-rival data reinforces the near-tie. For the Intel Iris Pro 5200, the RTX 4070 GDDR6 is the closest rival with a delta of 0.6% (Intel is ahead). The next rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce 930M at -0.6% (Intel is behind), the GeForce GT 645M at -1.2% (Intel is behind), and the AMD FirePro W2100 at 1.5% (Intel is ahead). For the RTX 4070 GDDR6, the Intel part is the closest rival at -0.6% (NVIDIA is behind), followed by the AMD FirePro W2100 at 0.9% (NVIDIA is ahead), the GeForce 930M at -1.2% (NVIDIA is behind), and the GeForce GTX 460M at 1.2% (NVIDIA is ahead).

The biggest wins are asymmetrical. The RTX 4070 GDDR6 wins decisively on every raw specification that matters for modern workloads: it has 18.4 times the shading units, 4.6 times the TMUs, 16 times the ROPs, 39.6 times the FP32 compute, and 34.4 times the pixel rate. It also has 12 GB of dedicated memory with 480.0 GB/s bandwidth versus system-shared memory with system-dependent bandwidth. The Iris Pro 5200's only win in the data is the average benchmark score, where it leads by 25 points (4360 vs. 4335) and a 0.6% delta. That lead, however, is drawn from older, lighter workloads (Geekbench OpenCL and Vulkan) versus a single 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 run. The data suggests that the Intel part scores well on synthetic compute tests but would be outclassed in any scenario that stresses the memory subsystem or ray-tracing capabilities, which the NVIDIA part is explicitly designed for with 46 RT cores and 184 tensor cores. The RTX 4070 GDDR6 also supports the newer DirectX 12 Ultimate API, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, whereas the Intel part tops out at DirectX 12 (11_1), OpenGL 4.3, and Vulkan 1.0. In short, the benchmark scores are a statistical artifact of averaging across different workloads; the architectural data tells a story of two GPUs in different leagues.