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.

 

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: 318 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 318 vs 159

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1260
13
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
318
159
Name Intel Iris Graphics 540 NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300
PassMark - G3D Mark 1260 13
PassMark - G2D Mark 318 159
Geekbench - OpenCL 6447
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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