Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
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.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ► remove from comparison
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 is an integrated GPU for laptops. It is used for the entry level Athlon Silver 3050U APUs, which were launched in early 2020. The GPU is based on the Vega architecture (5th generation GCN) and has 2 CUs (= 128 of the 704 shaders) clocked at up to 1100 MHz. The performance depends on the configured TDP (12-25 W at launch), the clocks, the cooling, and the memory configuration). The GPU should benefit from fast dual-channel DDR4-2400 RAM (contrary to DDR4-2133 single-channel, which is also possible).
The Vega architecture offers some improvements over the Polaris generation and now supports DirectX 12 Feature Level 12_1. More information is available in our dedicated article about the Raven Ridge architecture .
The performance should be clearly lower than the Radeon RX Vega 3 with 3 CUs and therefore in the lowest performance region of modern GPUs. That means, demanding current games may not be playable fluently.
Thanks to the 12nm process and clever power-saving features, the power consumption is comparatively low (according to AMD), so the graphics card can also be used for slim and light notebooks.
Intel Iris Graphics 540 AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 RX Vega 2000/3000 Series Codename Skylake GT3e Vega Raven Ridge Architecture Gen. 9 Skylake Vega Pipelines 48 - unified 128 - unified Core Speed 300 - 1050 (Boost) MHz 1100 (Boost) MHz Memory Bus Width eDRAM + 64/128 Bit Memory Type eDRAM Max. Amount of Memory 64 MB Shared Memory yes no API DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.4 DirectX 12_1 technology 14 nm 12 nm Features QuickSync Tiled Rasterization, Shared Memory (up to Dual-Channel DDR4-2400) Date of Announcement 01.09.2015 07.01.2018 Power Consumption 15 Watt Transistors 4.5 Billion
Benchmarks Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - Iris Graphics 540
0.7 pt (2%)
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max:
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 116490 avg: 126223 median: 126078 (14%) max: 136248 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 45185 avg: 56792 median: 56791.5 (7%) max: 68398 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 6730 avg: 7255 median: 7235 (8%) max: 7822 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 9392 avg: 10896 median: 11327 (3%) max: 11893 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 1106 avg: 1268 median: 1354 (2%) max: 1395 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 1193 avg: 1358 median: 1448 (2%) max: 1479 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 67714 avg: 81160 median: 82680.5 (10%) max: 91565 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid
3110 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid Graphics Score
3450 Points (1%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 2039 avg: 2340 median: 2364 (3%) max: 2624 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 1898 avg: 2187 median: 2211.5 (2%) max: 2450 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
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 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 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 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 %
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
42 fps (5%)
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
60.4 fps (1%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
86 fps (5%)
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%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
min: 258 avg: 291.8 median: 301.5 (1%) max: 306 Samples/s
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
min: 614 avg: 700 median: 712.5 (1%) max: 762 Samples/s
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
min: 1257 avg: 1483 median: 1525.5 (2%) max: 1625 Points
Average Benchmarks Intel Iris Graphics 540 → 0% n= Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 → 0% n=
- 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.
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Iris Graphics 540:
114 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
94 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
74 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
71 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
174 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
24.4 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
9.5 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
23.6 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
16.9 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
13.6 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
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
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
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
18.7 25.4 ~ 22 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
48.6 58 ~ 53 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
28.9 43.3 ~ 36 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
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
19.1 34.6 ~ 27 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
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
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
85 137 ~ 111 fps
100%
Iris Graphics 540:
49.2 70 ~ 60 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
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%
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