Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra 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 5900 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 59 Watt
30.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1258 vs 41
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 323 vs 170

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 23 October 2003
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 59 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258 vs 41
PassMark - G2D Mark	323 vs 170

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 300 MHz
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB

Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 300 MHz
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1258

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

170

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 540	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258	41
PassMark - G2D Mark	323	170
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 5900 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Rankine
Code name	Skylake GT3e	NV35
Launch date	1 September 2015	23 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1057	1002
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	59 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	135 million
Texture fill rate		1.8 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
Length		218 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	256 MB
Memory type	eDRAM	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		27.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		850 MHz
Technologies
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