Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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).

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

Videocard is newer: launch date 16 year(s) 0 month(s) later
22000x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 110 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
33.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2687 vs 81
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 353 vs 294

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 Sep 2020 vs 9 August 2004
Texture fill rate	52.80 GTexel/s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2687 vs 81
PassMark - G2D Mark	353 vs 294

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2687

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

353

294

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
PassMark - G3D Mark	2687	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	353	294
Geekbench - OpenCL	12203
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	79.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1138.276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	61.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	193.829
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.0	Curie
Code name	Tiger Lake GT1	NV43 A2
Launch date	2 Sep 2020	9 August 2004
Place in performance rating	622	550
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$59.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Compute units	48
Core clock speed	300 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	110 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	211.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1.690 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	844.8 GFLOPS
Pipelines	384
Pixel fill rate	13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	52.80 GTexel/s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count		146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	IGP
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.1	9.0c
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3