Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs NVIDIA Quadro 4000

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA Quadro 4000 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 9.5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 142 Watt
  • Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6388 vs 5023
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2308 vs 2079
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2308 vs 2079
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 2 November 2010
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 142 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 6388 vs 5023
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2308 vs 2079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2308 vs 2079

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 4000

  • Around 58% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 5.3x more pipelines: 256 vs 48
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1478 vs 1260
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 380 vs 320
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3472 vs 1237
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 3158
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3472 vs 1237
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 3158
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 475 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 256 vs 48
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1478 vs 1260
PassMark - G2D Mark 380 vs 320
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3472 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3472 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 3158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 4000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1260
1478
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
320
380
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6388
5023
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2308
2079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1237
3472
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2308
2079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1237
3472
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
3350
Name Intel Iris Graphics 540 NVIDIA Quadro 4000
PassMark - G3D Mark 1260 1478
PassMark - G2D Mark 320 380
Geekbench - OpenCL 6388 5023
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2308 2079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1237 3472
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3158 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2308 2079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1237 3472
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3158 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 306.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.552
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 20.453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 39.651

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Graphics 540 NVIDIA Quadro 4000

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Fermi
Code name Skylake GT3e GF100
Launch date 1 September 2015 2 November 2010
Place in performance rating 1066 1068
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $1,199
Price now $141.66
Value for money (0-100) 17.08

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 256
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 142 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 3,100 million
Floating-point performance 486.4 gflops
Texture fill rate 15.2 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 2 GB
Memory type eDRAM GDDR5
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 89.9 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2808 MHz

Technologies

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