Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 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 13 year(s) 6 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 150 nm
- 251.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1257 vs 5
- Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 322 vs 168
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 September 2015 vs 6 February 2002 |
Core clock speed | 300 MHz vs 250 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 150 nm |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 1257 vs 5 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 322 vs 168 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | Intel Iris Graphics 540 | NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 1257 | 5 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 322 | 168 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 6262 | |
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 GeForce4 MX 420 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Generation 9.0 | Celsius |
Code name | Skylake GT3e | NV17 A3 |
Launch date | 1 September 2015 | 6 February 2002 |
Place in performance rating | 1057 | 1031 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1050 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 250 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 150 nm |
Pipelines | 48 | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt | |
Transistor count | 189 million | 29 million |
Texture fill rate | 1 GTexel / s | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x1 | AGP 4x |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 8.0 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 64 MB |
Memory type | eDRAM | SDR |
Shared memory | 1 | |
Memory bandwidth | 1.328 GB / s | |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | |
Memory clock speed | 166 MHz | |
Technologies |
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