Radeon Pro 5600M vs Iris Graphics 540

Place in the ranking	744	232
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	15.15	33.36
Architecture	Generation 9.0 (2015−2016)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	Skylake GT3e	Navi 12
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 September 2015 (9 years ago)	15 June 2020 (4 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	2560
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1030 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm+	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	48.00	164.8
Floating-point processing power	0.768 TFLOPS	5.274 TFLOPS
ROPs	6	64
TMUs	48	160

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 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	770 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	394.2 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

No 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 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.2

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 3.26

Pro 5600M 23.93
+634%

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 1259

Pro 5600M 9232
+633%

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

−627%

160−170
+627%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−550%

35−40
+550%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −478%	50−55 +478%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −4000%	40−45 +4000%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −1460%	75−80 +1460%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −600%	45−50 +600%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −550%	35−40 +550%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −817%	55−60 +817%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −688%	60−65 +688%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −781%	140−150 +781%
Hitman 3	8−9 −500%	45−50 +500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −383%	110−120 +383%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −1950%	80−85 +1950%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −800%	60−65 +800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −523%	80−85 +523%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −159%	100−110 +159%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −478%	50−55 +478%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −4000%	40−45 +4000%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −1460%	75−80 +1460%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −600%	45−50 +600%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −550%	35−40 +550%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −817%	55−60 +817%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −688%	60−65 +688%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −781%	140−150 +781%
Hitman 3	8−9 −500%	45−50 +500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −383%	110−120 +383%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −1950%	80−85 +1950%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −800%	60−65 +800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −523%	80−85 +523%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	17 −206%	50−55 +206%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −159%	100−110 +159%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −478%	50−55 +478%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −4000%	40−45 +4000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −600%	45−50 +600%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −550%	35−40 +550%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −817%	55−60 +817%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −781%	140−150 +781%
Hitman 3	8−9 −500%	45−50 +500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −383%	110−120 +383%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −523%	80−85 +523%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −271%	50−55 +271%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −159%	100−110 +159%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−800%

60−65
+800%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −800%	45−50 +800%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −620%	35−40 +620%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −733%	24−27 +733%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −833%	27−30 +833%
Hitman 3	8−9 −250%	27−30 +250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −513%	45−50 +513%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −1350%	27−30 +1350%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −656%	130−140 +656%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

−567%

40−45
+567%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −2300%	24−27 +2300%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −850%	18−20 +850%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
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 −3200%	30−35 +3200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−425%

21−24
+425%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

This is how Iris Graphics 540 and Pro 5600M compete in popular games:

Pro 5600M is 627% faster in 1080p

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

in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Pro 5600M is 4000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Pro 5600M is ahead in 62 tests (86%)
there's a draw in 10 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.26	23.93
Recency	1 September 2015	15 June 2020
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt

Iris Graphics 540 has 233.3% lower power consumption.

Pro 5600M, on the other hand, has a 634% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro 5600M is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Graphics 540 in performance tests.

Be aware that Iris Graphics 540 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Pro 5600M 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.