RTX A1000 Mobile vs Iris Graphics 540

Place in the ranking	738	217
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	15.16	28.63
Architecture	Generation 9.0 (2015−2016)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Skylake GT3e	GA107
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 September 2015 (9 years ago)	30 March 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	2048
Core clock speed	300 MHz	630 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1140 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm+	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	48.00	72.96
Floating-point processing power	0.768 TFLOPS	4.669 TFLOPS
ROPs	6	32
TMUs	48	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 4.0 x8
Width	IGP	no data

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 type	System Shared	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	4 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	176.0 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 Connectors

Portable Device Dependent

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 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Iris Graphics 540 3.27

RTX A1000 Mobile 24.70
+655%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Iris Graphics 540 1261

RTX A1000 Mobile 9533
+656%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Iris Graphics 540 2212

RTX A1000 Mobile 15135
+584%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Iris Graphics 540 8828

RTX A1000 Mobile 58312
+561%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Iris Graphics 540 1448

RTX A1000 Mobile 11321
+682%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Iris Graphics 540 11327

RTX A1000 Mobile 70880
+526%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	20 −235%	67 +235%
1440p	3−4 −767%	26 +767%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−917%

61
+917%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −467%	50−55 +467%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −4900%	50 +4900%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −1400%	75−80 +1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −571%	45−50 +571%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −733%	50 +733%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −783%	50−55 +783%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −663%	60−65 +663%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −756%	130−140 +756%
Hitman 3	8−9 −475%	45−50 +475%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −370%	100−110 +370%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −1875%	75−80 +1875%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −771%	60−65 +771%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −492%	75−80 +492%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −154%	95−100 +154%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −467%	50−55 +467%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −3200%	33 +3200%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −1400%	75−80 +1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −571%	45−50 +571%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −517%	37 +517%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −783%	50−55 +783%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −663%	60−65 +663%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −756%	130−140 +756%
Hitman 3	8−9 −475%	45−50 +475%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −370%	100−110 +370%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −1875%	75−80 +1875%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −771%	60−65 +771%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −569%	87 +569%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	17 −194%	50−55 +194%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −154%	95−100 +154%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −467%	50−55 +467%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2400%	25 +2400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −571%	45−50 +571%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −383%	29 +383%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −783%	50−55 +783%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −756%	130−140 +756%
Hitman 3	8−9 −475%	45−50 +475%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −370%	100−110 +370%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −485%	76 +485%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −207%	43 +207%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +50%	26 −50%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−771%

60−65
+771%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −780%	40−45 +780%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −600%	35−40 +600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −700%	24−27 +700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1200%	24−27 +1200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
Hitman 3	8−9 −238%	27−30 +238%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −488%	45−50 +488%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −1300%	27−30 +1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −633%	130−140 +633%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

−533%

35−40
+533%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −2200%	21−24 +2200%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −3000%	30−35 +3000%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−400%

20−22
+400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	22 +0%	22 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Metro Exodus	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

This is how Iris Graphics 540 and RTX A1000 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX A1000 Mobile is 235% faster in 1080p
RTX A1000 Mobile is 767% faster in 1440p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Iris Graphics 540 is 50% faster.
in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX A1000 Mobile is 4900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Iris Graphics 540 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RTX A1000 Mobile is ahead in 61 test (85%)
there's a draw in 10 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.27	24.70
Recency	1 September 2015	30 March 2022
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	60 Watt

Iris Graphics 540 has 300% lower power consumption.

RTX A1000 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 655.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A1000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Graphics 540 in performance tests.

Be aware that Iris Graphics 540 is a desktop card while RTX A1000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.