Intel Iris Graphics 540
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6230
Intel Iris Graphics 540
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6230

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel Iris Graphics 540 and AMD Radeon HD 6230. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

390
Place in performance rating
1050
Gen. 9 Skylake
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Skylake GT3e
Code name
Park
Laptop
Type
Desktop
1 September 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
2 July 2011 (10 years ago)
$1043
Price now
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1.42
Value for money
no data
Skylake GT3e
GPU code name
Park
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel Iris Graphics 540 and AMD Radeon HD 6230 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
80
300 MHz
Core clock speed
650 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
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189 million
Transistor count
292 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
19 Watt
50.40
Texture fill rate
5.200
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Floating-point performance
104 gflops
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
80
1050 MHz
Boost clock speed
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189 million
Number of transistors
292 million
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
19 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel Iris Graphics 540 and AMD Radeon HD 6230.

PCIe 3.0 x1
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
168 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
None

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics Intel Iris Graphics 540 and AMD Radeon HD 6230 can be seen in this section.

eDRAM
Memory type
DDR2
64 MB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
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Memory bus width
64 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1334 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
10.67 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel Iris Graphics 540 and AMD Radeon HD 6230, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between Intel Iris Graphics 540 and AMD Radeon HD 6230 is the additional functionality.

+
Quick Sync
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel Iris Graphics 540 and AMD Radeon HD 6230. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
1.1.97
Vulkan
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6.4
Shader Model
no data
2.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel Iris Graphics 540 and AMD Radeon HD 6230 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the Intel Iris Graphics 540 or AMD Radeon HD 6230 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 540
AMD Radeon HD 6230
Death Stranding (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 540
AMD Radeon HD 6230
F1 2020 (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 540
AMD Radeon HD 6230
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 540
AMD Radeon HD 6230
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 540
AMD Radeon HD 6230
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of Intel Iris Graphics 540

10.1% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 80)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 19 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6230

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 64 MB)

So, Intel Iris Graphics 540 or AMD Radeon HD 6230?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend Intel Iris Graphics 540 .

Intel Iris Graphics 540 versus AMD Radeon HD 6230 performance benchmarks comparison

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