Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE 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 5700 VE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 250 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
38.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1258 vs 33
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 323 vs 161

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258 vs 33
PassMark - G2D Mark	323 vs 161

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB

Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1258

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

161

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 540	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	323	161
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 5700 VE
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Rankine
Code name	Skylake GT3e	NV36 A1
Launch date	1 September 2015	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	1057	1054
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	82 million
Texture fill rate		1.7 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		400 MHz
Technologies
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