Help Me Choose: Graphics Cards

Whether you’re gaming, watching movies or editing content, the quality of the graphics you experience is only as good as your Graphics card. Along with the computer monitor itself, the Graphics card is dedicated to processing visual information for your system's display, determines the number of colors, as well as the contrast, resolution and overall graphics.
Shared Graphics Cards
Shared Graphics use system memory that is shared with the Processor chip. Because of this integration, they balance performance, price, battery life, and fan noise though cannot deliver the best possible visual experiences.
Recommended For: Regular use of office productivity applications such as Outlook and PowerPoint; Stream a TV show, playing games like solitaire or Minecraft or need the longest life from your laptop battery.
Suggested Cards: Intel® UHD Graphics & Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Discrete Graphics Cards
Discrete Graphics dedicate computing power and memory to delivering robust visual experiences. Because discrete graphics use more power, they drain your battery and generate more heat and noise.
Recommended For: Important for games or editing and creating images and video because those kinds of applications create, or render, video in real time.
Suggested Cards: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX®.
G-Series Desktop NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX And RTX™ Graphics Cards
Graphics Cards availability subject to regional supply.
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 Super™ | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Ti | NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060 | NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060 Super™ | NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 Super™ | NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3060 12GB | NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3060Ti | NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3070 | |
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Dedicated Graphics Memory | 4GB GDDR6 | 6GB GDDR6 | 6GB GDDR6 | 6GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 12GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 |
Width | Dual Slot | Dual Slot | Dual Slot | Dual Slot | Dual Slot | Dual Slot | Dual Slot | Dual Slot |
Approximate Wattage | 100W | 120W | 160W | 175W | 215W | 170W | 200W | 220W |
Base Clock | 1530 Mhz | 1500 MHz | 1365 MHz | 1470 MHz | 1605 MHz | 1320 MHz | 1410 MHz | 1500 MHz |
Boost Clock | 1725 Mhz | 1770 MHz | 1680 MHz | 1650 MHz | 1770 MHz | 1780 MHz | 1670 MHz | 1730 MHz |
NVIDIA CUDA Cores | 1280 | 1536 | 1920 | 2176 | 2560 | 3584 | 4864 | 5888 |
G-Sync / Freesync Ready | G-Sync Ready | G-Sync Ready | G-Sync Ready | G-Sync Ready | G-Sync Ready | G-Sync Ready | G-Sync Ready | G-Sync Ready |
APIs Supported | DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5 | DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5 | DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5 | DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5 | DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5 | DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6 | DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6 | DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5 |
Maximum Resolution | 7680x4320@120Hz | 7680x4320@120Hz | 7680x4320 | 7680x4320 | 7680x4320 | 7680x4320 | 7680x4320 | 7680x4320 |
I/O Ports | 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DP 1.4, 1x Dual Link DVI | 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DP 1.4, 1x Dual Link DVI | 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DP 1.4, 1x Dual Link DVI | 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DP 1.4, 1x Dual Link DVI | 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DP 1.4 | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DP 1.4a | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DP 1.4a | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DP 1.4a |
G-Series Desktop AMD Radeon™ Graphics Cards
Graphics Cards availability subject to regional supply.
AMD® Radeon™ RX 5300 | AMD® Radeon™ RX 5600 | AMD® Radeon™ RX 5700 | AMD® Radeon™ RX 5700 XT | |
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Dedicated Graphics Memory | 3GB GDDR6 | 6GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 |
Width | Dual Slot | Dual Slot | Dual Slot | Dual Slot |
Approximate Wattage | 100W | 150W | 180W | 225W |
Base Clock | 1327 MHz | 1130 MHz | 1465 MHz | 1605 MHz |
Boost Clock | Up to 1645 MHz | Up to 1560 MHz | Up to 1725 MHz | Up to 1905 MHz |
Stream Processors | 1408 | 2048 | 2304 | 2560 |
G-Sync / Freesync Ready | Freesync, Freesync 2 Ready | Freesync, Freesync 2 Ready | Freesync, Freesync 2 Ready | Freesync, Freesync 2 Ready |
APIs Supported | DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5, Vulkan API | DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan API | DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan API | DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan API |
Maximum Resolution | 7680x4320 | 7680x4320 | 7680x4320 | 7680x4320 |
HDMI Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
HDCP Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
I/O Ports | 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DP 1.4 with DSC | 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DP 1.4 with DSC | 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DP 1.4 with DSC | 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DP 1.4 with DSC |

Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics — Game On!
Intel® Iris® Xe graphics also deliver brilliant visuals with support for billions of colors, HDR10, Dolby Atmos sound, and long playback of Dolby Vision-enabled content with hardware acceleration, an industry first.
Not only can you play top games in up to 1080p at 30 fps or more and enjoy an amazingly immersive entertainment experience, but 11th & 12th Gen Intel® Core™ processors with Intel® Iris® Xe graphics also enable you to complete creative projects with blazing speed powered by unique hardware accelerated AI, all in a sleek, thin & light laptop with leading performance — whether plugged-in or unplugged.