Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 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 FX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 37 Watt
96.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1258 vs 13
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 323 vs 168

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 6 March 2003
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 37 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258 vs 13
PassMark - G2D Mark	323 vs 168

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

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 FX 5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1258

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

168

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 540	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258	13
PassMark - G2D Mark	323	168
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 FX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Rankine
Code name	Skylake GT3e	NV31 A1
Launch date	1 September 2015	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1057	1033
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	37 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	80 million
Texture fill rate		1.3 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	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory type	eDRAM	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		550 MHz
Technologies
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