Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460 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
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
  • 314.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1257 vs 4
  • Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 322 vs 176
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 6 February 2002
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1257 vs 4
PassMark - G2D Mark 322 vs 176

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1257
4
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
322
176
Name Intel Iris Graphics 540 NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460
PassMark - G3D Mark 1257 4
PassMark - G2D Mark 322 176
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 460

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Celsius
Code name Skylake GT3e NV17 A3
Launch date 1 September 2015 6 February 2002
Place in performance rating 1057 989
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 300 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 1.2 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 4x
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 8.0
OpenGL 4.6 1.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 64 MB
Memory type eDRAM DDR
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 7.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 450 MHz

Technologies

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