Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs Intel HD Graphics 500
Intel Iris Graphics 540 ► remove from comparison
The Intel Iris Graphics 540 (GT3e) is an integrated graphics unit of the Skylake generation. As successors of the HD Graphics 6000 (Broadwell), the Iris Graphics 540 can be found in CPUs of 15-watt series and offers 64 MB of dedicated eDRAM memory. Furthermore, the so-called GT3e-version features 48 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at up to 1050 MHz (depending on the CPU model). Besides the eDRAM cache, the Iris 540 is able to access the main memory (2x 64bit DDR3L-1600 / DDR4-2133).
Compared to the Iris Graphics 550 of the 28-watt series, the Iris Graphics 540 differs only by its slightly lower maximum clock and a nearly halved TDP, which limits the utilization of the Turbo Boost in certain situations.
Performance
The exact performance of the Iris Graphics 540 depends on various factors like memory configuration (DDR3/DDR4) and maximum clock rate of the specific model. The fastest versions (Core i7-6650U ) should be slightly ahead of a dedicated GeForce 920M and will handle modern games (as of 2015) in low or medium settings.
Features
The revised video engine now decodes H.265/HEVC completely in hardware and thereby much more efficiently than before. Displays can be connected via DP 1.2 / eDP 1.3 (max. 3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz), whereas HDMI is limited to the older version 1.4a (max. 3840 x 2160 @ 30 Hz). However, HDMI 2.0 can be added using a DisplayPort converter. Up to three displays can be controlled simultaneously.
Power Consumption
The Iris Graphics 540 can be found in mobile processors specified at 15 W TDP and is therefore suited for compact laptops and ultrabooks.
Intel HD Graphics 500 ► remove from comparison
The Intel HD Graphics 500 is an integrated processor graphics unit from the Apollo Lake generation (e. g. Celeron N3450 and Celeron N3350), which was announced mid 2016. The GPU can convince with low consumption figures, but the performance is only in the low-end segment and is rarely sufficient for modern games. Being a partial configuration of the Apollo Lake GPU, the HD Graphics 505 is equipped with just 12 Execution Units (EUs) (HD Graphics 505: 18 EUs) running at up to 650-700 MHz depending on the model. The technical specifications of the GPU are based on Intel's Gen9 architecture, which is also used for the more expensive Skylake series.
Due to its lack of dedicated graphics memory or eDRAM cache, the HD 505 has to access the main memory via processor (2x 64bit DDR3L-/LPDDR3-1866, LPDDR4-2400).
Performance
The HD Graphics 505 should be slightly slower than the older Broadwell GPU HD Graphics (Broadwell) , so modern games (as of 2016) will rarely run smoothly even at the lowest settings.
Features
The revised video engine now decodes H.265/HEVC completely in hardware and thereby much more efficiently than before. Up to three displays can be connected via DP/eDP or HDMI (4K probably only at 30 Hz via HDMI 1.4).
Power Consumption
The TDP of the whole Pentium N4200 chip is 6 Watts by default, so the GPU is primarily used for (often passively cooled) netbooks or thin notebooks. The TDP can also be reduced to 4 Watts, but this will obviously affect the performance.
Intel Iris Graphics 540 Intel HD Graphics 500 Gen. 9 Series Codename Skylake GT3e Apollo Lake Architecture Gen. 9 Skylake Gen. 9 Apollo Lake Pipelines 48 - unified 12 - unified Core Speed 300 - 1050 (Boost) MHz 300 - 700 (Boost) MHz Memory Bus Width eDRAM + 64/128 Bit 64/128 Bit Memory Type eDRAM Max. Amount of Memory 64 MB Shared Memory yes yes API DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.4 DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.4 technology 14 nm 14 nm Features QuickSync QuickSync Date of Announcement 01.09.2015 01.09.2016
Benchmarks Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - Iris Graphics 540
0.7 pt (2%)
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Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - HD Graphics 500
0.2 pt (0%)
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max:
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 116490 avg: 126223 median: 126078 (14%) max: 136248 Points
min: 19294 avg: 24491 median: 24609 (3%) max: 29579 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 45185 avg: 56792 median: 56791.5 (7%) max: 68398 Points
min: 12299 avg: 15195 median: 15085 (2%) max: 18200 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 6730 avg: 7255 median: 7235 (8%) max: 7822 Points
min: 1932 avg: 2140 median: 2116 (2%) max: 2306 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 9392 avg: 10896 median: 11327 (3%) max: 11893 Points
min: 2578 avg: 3030 median: 3007 (1%) max: 3693 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 1106 avg: 1268 median: 1354 (2%) max: 1395 Points
min: 271 avg: 321.5 median: 307 (1%) max: 401 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 1193 avg: 1358 median: 1448 (2%) max: 1479 Points
min: 293 avg: 355.9 median: 362.5 (0%) max: 444 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 67714 avg: 81160 median: 82680.5 (10%) max: 91565 Points
min: 20140 avg: 26074 median: 23761 (3%) max: 34320 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 2039 avg: 2340 median: 2364 (3%) max: 2624 Points
min: 414 avg: 533 median: 530 (1%) max: 655 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 1898 avg: 2187 median: 2211.5 (2%) max: 2450 Points
min: 368 avg: 478.6 median: 482 (0%) max: 584 Points
3DMark Vantage 3DM Vant. Perf. total + Intel Iris Graphics 540 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 8647 avg: 8828 median: 8828 (3%) max: 9009 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + Intel Iris Graphics 540 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 8052 avg: 8220 median: 8219.5 (5%) max: 8387 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + Intel Iris Graphics 540
min: 13403 avg: 13569 median: 13568.5 (18%) max: 13734 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + Intel HD Graphics 500
min: 3393 avg: 3551 median: 3506 (5%) max: 3753 Points
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
6.5 fps (2%)
SPECviewperf 12 specvp12 sw-03 + Intel Iris Graphics 540 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
min: 26.2 avg: 26.3 median: 26.3 (7%) max: 26.3 fps
specvp12 snx-02 + Intel Iris Graphics 540 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
min: 2.6 avg: 2.8 median: 2.8 (0%) max: 2.9 fps
specvp12 showcase-01 + Intel Iris Graphics 540 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
min: 8.2 avg: 8.5 median: 8.5 (2%) max: 8.8 fps
specvp12 mediacal-01 + Intel Iris Graphics 540 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
min: 2.7 avg: 3.9 median: 3.9 (1%) max: 5.1 fps
specvp12 maya-04 + Intel Iris Graphics 540 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
min: 16.5 avg: 16.8 median: 16.8 (5%) max: 17 fps
specvp12 energy-01 + Intel Iris Graphics 540 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
min: 0.08 avg: 0.2 median: 0.2 (0%) max: 0.33 fps
specvp12 creo-01 + Intel Iris Graphics 540 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
10.8 fps (4%)
specvp12 catia-04 + Intel Iris Graphics 540 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
min: 15.2 avg: 15.4 median: 15.4 (3%) max: 15.5 fps
specvp12 3dsmax-05 + Intel Iris Graphics 540 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
14.6 fps (3%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Intel Iris Graphics 540 Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 7271 avg: 8395 median: 8277.5 (6%) max: 9755 Points
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Intel HD Graphics 500
min: 2791 avg: 2888 median: 2894 (2%) max: 3031 Points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + Intel Iris Graphics 540 Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 41.07 avg: 46.9 median: 47.9 (17%) max: 50.6 fps
Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + Intel HD Graphics 500
min: 7.05 avg: 8.2 median: 8.1 (3%) max: 9.61 fps
Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Intel Iris Graphics 540 Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 35.34 avg: 52.5 median: 55.3 (3%) max: 62.1 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Intel HD Graphics 500
min: 10.15 avg: 12.9 median: 13 (1%) max: 15.74 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Intel Iris Graphics 540 Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
min: 97.8 avg: 98.1 median: 97.8 (98%) max: 99.3 %
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Intel HD Graphics 500
min: 97.7 avg: 97.8 median: 97.8 (98%) max: 98 %
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
3.6 fps (1%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
9.7 fps (1%)
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
42 fps (5%)
8.4 fps (1%)
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
60.4 fps (1%)
15 fps (0%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
86 fps (5%)
20 fps (1%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Intel Iris Graphics 540 GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
183 fps (1%)
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Intel HD Graphics 500 42 fps (0%)
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
16.3 fps (0%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
min: 258 avg: 291.8 median: 301.5 (1%) max: 306 Samples/s
49 Samples/s (0%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
min: 614 avg: 700 median: 712.5 (1%) max: 762 Samples/s
79 Samples/s (0%)
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
min: 1257 avg: 1483 median: 1525.5 (2%) max: 1625 Points
min: 296 avg: 320 median: 324 (0%) max: 336 Points
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
8.9 Watt (1%)
Clock Speed - GPU Clock Speed Furmark
450 MHz (18%)
Average Benchmarks Intel Iris Graphics 540 → 100% n=21 Average Benchmarks Intel HD Graphics 500 → 27% n=21
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
114 fps
25%
HD Graphics 500:
28.2 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
94 fps
21%
HD Graphics 500:
20.2 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
74 fps
19%
HD Graphics 500:
13.9 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
71 fps
18%
HD Graphics 500:
12.6 fps
HD Graphics 500:
0 (!) [X] Jumper EZbook 3 Intel Celeron N3350 1.1GHz
HD Graphics 500
Problem during benchmarking occured: game wont start fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
174 fps
20%
HD Graphics 500:
34.4 (!) [X] Jumper EZbook 3 Intel Celeron N3350 1.1GHz
HD Graphics 500
Problem during benchmarking occured: error at the endmax:
93 fps
fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
24.4 fps
19%
HD Graphics 500:
4.6 (!) [X] Jumper EZbook 3 Intel Celeron N3350 1.1GHz
HD Graphics 500
Problem during benchmarking occured: error at the endmax:
9 fps
fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
9.5 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
23.6 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
16.9 fps
24%
HD Graphics 500:
3.9 4.7 ~ 4 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
13.6 fps
29%
HD Graphics 500:
3.6 4.3 ~ 4 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
17.3 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
30 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
27.3 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
55.3 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
38.6 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
14.3 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
112 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
76 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
30.6 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
19.1 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
43.4 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
25.3 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
12.6 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
11.3 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
61 (!) [X] Apple MacBook Pro 13 2016 Intel Core i5-6360U 2GHz
Iris Graphics 540
Problem during benchmarking occured: small graphical problems min:
51 fps, max:
75 fps
fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
72 (!) [X] Apple MacBook Pro 13 2016 Intel Core i5-6360U 2GHz
Iris Graphics 540
Problem during benchmarking occured: small graphical problems min:
61 fps, max:
80 fps
fps
Iris Graphics 540:
0 (!) fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
16.7 20.5 ~ 19 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
35 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
20.5 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
58.2 68 ~ 63 fps
25%
HD Graphics 500:
15.9 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
40 47.6 ~ 44 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
18.9 21.3 ~ 20 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
31.5 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
13.3 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
17.3 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
13.5 17.7 ~ 16 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
13.8 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
7.6 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
21.7 27.9 (!) [X] Intel NUC6i5SYH Intel Core i5-6260U 1.8GHz
Iris Graphics 540
Problem during benchmarking occured: small graphical problems some missing textures in benchmarkmin:
20 fps, max:
35 fps
~ 25 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
12.9 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
22 22 23 ~ 22 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
10 11 12 ~ 11 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
8 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
18 27.6 ~ 23 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
6.7 8.9 ~ 8 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
21.5 23.7 24.9 (!) [X] Apple MacBook Pro 13 2016 Intel Core i5-6360U 2GHz
Iris Graphics 540
Problem during benchmarking occured: small graphical problems wrong cloudsmin:
23 fps, max:
27 fps
~ 23 fps
Iris Graphics 540:
0 (!) fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
39.1 44.3 ~ 42 fps
37%
HD Graphics 500:
15.5 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
24.2 27.4 ~ 26 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
13.5 16.8 ~ 15 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
11 13.6 ~ 12 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
35.9 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
28.6 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
15.5 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
14.2 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
40.2 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
22.9 fps
Iris Graphics 540:
0 (!) fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
4.9 5.2 ~ 5 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
23.2 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
65 (!) [X] Intel NUC6i5SYH Intel Core i5-6260U 1.8GHz
Iris Graphics 540
Problem during benchmarking occured: slight slowdownsmin:
56 fps, max:
72 fps
fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
38.8 (!) [X] Intel NUC6i5SYH Intel Core i5-6260U 1.8GHz
Iris Graphics 540
Problem during benchmarking occured: slow gameplaymin:
33 fps, max:
43 fps
fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
78.7 120 ~ 99 fps
19%
HD Graphics 500:
19.1 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
18.7 25.4 ~ 22 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
48.6 58 ~ 53 fps
31%
HD Graphics 500:
16.4 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
28.9 43.3 ~ 36 fps
27%
HD Graphics 500:
9.7 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
13.9 16.7 ~ 15 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
28.9 34.3 ~ 32 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
13.2 16.9 ~ 15 fps
19%
HD Graphics 500:
5.6 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
19.1 34.6 ~ 27 fps
19%
HD Graphics 500:
5.1 fps
Iris Graphics 540:
0 (!) fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
119.2 149 177 (!) [X] Intel NUC6i5SYH Intel Core i5-6260U 1.8GHz
Iris Graphics 540
Problem during benchmarking occured: small graphical problems reflections on hood too muchmin:
156 fps, max:
206 fps
~ 148 fps
19%
HD Graphics 500:
28.5 fps
36%
HD Graphics 500:
12.5 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
12.5 12.5 ~ 13 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
59 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
50 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
19.5 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
10.4 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
52.3 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
35.2 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
11.6 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
32.2 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
23.3 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
15.7 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
13.7 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
29.8 (!) 65 (!) [X] Intel NUC6i5SYH Intel Core i5-6260U 1.8GHz
Iris Graphics 540
Problem during benchmarking occured: small graphical problems street textures wrongmin:
59 fps, max:
87 fps
~ 47 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
18.4 (!) 45.1 (!) [X] Intel NUC6i5SYH Intel Core i5-6260U 1.8GHz
Iris Graphics 540
Problem during benchmarking occured: small graphical problems street textures wrongmin:
39 fps, max:
56 fps
~ 32 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
11.4 31.3 (!) [X] Intel NUC6i5SYH Intel Core i5-6260U 1.8GHz
Iris Graphics 540
Problem during benchmarking occured: small graphical problems street textures wrongmin:
29 fps, max:
41 fps
~ 21 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
10.4 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
23 35.4 38 ~ 32 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
9.5 11 ~ 10 fps
22%
HD Graphics 500:
8.8 9.6 9.8 [X] Acer Aspire 1 A114-31-C472 Intel Celeron N3450 1.1GHz
HD Graphics 500
11 13 ~ 10 fps
23%
HD Graphics 500:
7.9 8.9 [X] Acer Aspire 1 A114-31-C472 Intel Celeron N3450 1.1GHz
HD Graphics 500
9.7 ~ 9 fps
25%
HD Graphics 500:
2.7 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
85 137 ~ 111 fps
19%
HD Graphics 500:
21.5 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
49.2 70 ~ 60 fps
16%
HD Graphics 500:
9.3 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
33.3 46.4 ~ 40 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
20.6 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
37.6 53.7 ~ 46 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
27.6 32.2 ~ 30 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
19.6 20 ~ 20 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
6.6 fps
HD Graphics 500:
14 16.6 ~ 15 fps
HD Graphics 500:
12.7 22 ~ 17 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
57 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
55 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
24 fps
Average Gaming Intel Iris Graphics 540 → 100% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Intel HD Graphics 500 → 24% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 20%
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
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