Intel Iris Graphics 540
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
Intel Iris Graphics 540
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 920MX. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

390
Place in performance rating
624
Gen. 9 Skylake
Architecture
Maxwell
Skylake GT3e
Code name
GM108
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 September 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
25 March 2015 (6 years ago)
$1043
Price now
$1597
1.42
Value for money
0.21
Skylake GT3e
GPU code name
N16V-GMR
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 920MX based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
256
300 MHz
Core clock speed
965 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
993 MHz
189 million
Transistor count
no data
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
16 Watt
50.40
Texture fill rate
23.83
no data
Floating-point performance
602.1 gflops
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
256
1050 MHz
Boost clock speed
993 MHz
189 million
Number of transistors
no data
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
16 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 920MX.

PCIe 3.0 x1
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
no data
Supplementary power connectors
None
no data
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0

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 NVIDIA GeForce 920MX can be seen in this section.

eDRAM
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR5
64 MB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
no data
Memory bus width
64 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
1800 MHz
no data
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
+
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 920MX, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 920MX is the additional functionality.

no data
3D Vision
+
no data
GPU Boost
2.0
no data
CUDA
+
no data
Optimus
+
no data
GameWorks
+
no data
Verde Drivers
+
+
Quick Sync
no data
no data
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 920MX. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
1.1.97
Vulkan
1.1.126
6.4
Shader Model
5.1
2.1
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 920MX 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 NVIDIA GeForce 920MX good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 540
NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
Death Stranding (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 540
NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
F1 2020 (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 540
NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 540
NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 540
NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
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

6.14% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($1043 vs $1597)

More pipelines (384 vs 256)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 16 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (64 MB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

There is no accountable advantage

So, Intel Iris Graphics 540 or NVIDIA GeForce 920MX?

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

Intel Iris Graphics 540 versus NVIDIA GeForce 920MX performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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