Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Graphics 540

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
11.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1258 vs 110
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 323 vs 166

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 16 January 2005
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258 vs 110
PassMark - G2D Mark	323 vs 166

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 300 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB

Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 300 MHz
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1258

110

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

166

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 540	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258	110
PassMark - G2D Mark	323	166
Geekbench - OpenCL	6284
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 540	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Curie
Code name	Skylake GT3e	NV41
Launch date	1 September 2015	16 January 2005
Place in performance rating	1057	1012
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	222 million
Texture fill rate		2.56 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory type	eDRAM	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		600 MHz
Technologies
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