NVIDIA RTX A3000 12GB Laptop GPU vs Iris Xe Graphics
Short answer: which is best?
NVIDIA RTX A3000 12GB Laptop GPU is 172.8 % stronger than Iris Xe Graphics. NVIDIA RTX A3000 12GB Laptop GPU ranks #39 of 43 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (772 GPU score over 1 verified runs). Iris Xe Graphics ranks #42 of 43 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (283 GPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 2 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | NVIDIA RTX A3000 12GB Laptop GPU | Iris Xe Graphics |
|---|---|---|
| GPU score (the card's own performance) | 772 | 283 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 1,559 | 841 |
| Earth II (Vulkan) | 7.9 FPS | 1.2 FPS |
| Mission to Earth II (DX12) | 3.1 FPS | 2.8 FPS |
| Earth II Landing (DX12 Ultimate) | 2.4 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Supernova (DX11) | 16.6 FPS | 11.7 FPS |
| Memory bandwidth | 41 GB/s | 4 GB/s |
| VRAM | 12 GB | — |
| Ray tracing | Yes | Not supported |
What the numbers mean
The GPU score is the graphics card's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the card in, and depends on processor, memory and storage. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
All measurements for NVIDIA RTX A3000 12GB Laptop GPU · All measurements for Iris Xe Graphics