RTX A4500 Mobile vs Iris Graphics 5100

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking880not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.05no data
ArchitectureGen. 7.5 Haswell (2012−2013)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameHaswell GT3GA104
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 June 2013 (11 years ago)30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price$696 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores405888
Core clock speed200 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz1500 MHz
Number of transistors1,300 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt140 Watt (80 - 140 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate48.00223.6

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Iris Graphics 5100 and RTX A4500 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared16 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared16000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.801.3
CUDAno data8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 June 2013 30 March 2022
Chip lithography 22 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 140 Watt

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