Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300 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 Go5300

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 275 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
96.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1260 vs 13
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 320 vs 159

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1260 vs 13
PassMark - G2D Mark	320 vs 159

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1260

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

320

159

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 540	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300
PassMark - G3D Mark	1260	13
PassMark - G2D Mark	320	159
Geekbench - OpenCL	6388
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 Go5300
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Rankine
Code name	Skylake GT3e	NV34 A1
Launch date	1 September 2015	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1066	1065
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	45 million
Texture fill rate		1.1 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 8x
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory type	eDRAM	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Technologies
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