AMD Radeon RX 540X vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking605not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.13no data
ArchitectureGen. 9 Skylake (2015−2016)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameSkylake GT4ePolaris 12
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 September 2015 (8 years old)21 March 2018 (6 years old)
Current price$2427 $199
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores72512
Core clock speed350 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1050 MHz1219 MHz
Number of transistors189 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate72.0035.97

Size and compatibility

Information on Iris Pro Graphics 580 and Radeon RX 540X 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 3.0 x1PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

Memory

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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount64 GB4 GB
Memory bus widtheDRAM + 64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared6000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data112.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Video outputs and ports

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 outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

Technologies

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

FreeSyncno data+
Quick Sync+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.12.0
Vulkan1.1.971.2.131

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 September 2015 21 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 50 Watt

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