Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Iris Graphics 540

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
10x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 150 Watt

Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 11 October 2010
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

2.2x more core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 300 MHz
7x more pipelines: 336 vs 48
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3712 vs 1237
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3158
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3712 vs 1237
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3158

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	336 vs 48
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3712 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3712 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1237

3712

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3158

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1237

3712

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3158

3353

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 540	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1262
PassMark - G2D Mark	319
Geekbench - OpenCL	6296
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1237	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3158	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1237	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3158	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		22.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		661.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		28.112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		76.736

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 540	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Fermi
Code name	Skylake GT3e	GF104
Launch date	1 September 2015	11 October 2010
Place in performance rating	1058	1061
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	336
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	1,950 million
Floating-point performance		873.6 gflops
Texture fill rate		36.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		210 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	1 GB
Memory type	eDRAM	GDDR5
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		3400 MHz
Technologies
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