Intel Iris Graphics 540
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Intel Iris Graphics 540
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between Intel Iris Graphics 540  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M.

390
Place in performance rating
372
Gen. 9 Skylake
Architecture
Maxwell
Skylake GT3e
Code name
GM107
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 September 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
12 March 2014 (7 years ago)
$1043
Price now
$875
1.42
Value for money
1.01
Skylake GT3e
GPU code name
N15P-GX
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between Intel Iris Graphics 540  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

384
Pipelines
640
300 MHz
Core clock speed
797 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
1085 MHz
189 million
Transistor count
1,870 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
50.40
Texture fill rate
43.40
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Floating-point performance
1,389 gflops
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CUDA cores
1152 or 640
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
1050 MHz
Boost clock speed
915 MHz
189 million
Number of transistors
1,870 million
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x1
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
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Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
medium sized
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SLI options
+
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Bus support
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M.

eDRAM
Memory type
GDDR5
64 MB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory bandwidth
80.0 GB/s
+
Shared memory
-
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Standard memory configuration
GDDR5

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
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HDMI
+
no data
VGA аnalog display support
Up to 2048x1536
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DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
Up to 3840x2160
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eDP 1.2 signal support
Up to 3840x2160
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LVDS signal support
Up to 1920x1200
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HDCP content protection
+
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7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
+
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TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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GPU Boost
+
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CUDA
+
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GeForce Experience
+
no data
Optimus
+
no data
Ansel
+
no data
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
no data
BatteryBoost
+
no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
no data
FXAA
+
no data
TXAA
+
no data
Adaptive VSync
+
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3D Blu-Ray
+
+
Quick Sync
no data
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Direct Compute
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
1.1.97
Vulkan
1.1.126
6.4
Shader Model
5.1
2.1
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the Intel Iris Graphics 540 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 540
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Death Stranding (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 540
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
F1 2020 (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 540
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 540
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 540
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
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Advantages of Intel Iris Graphics 540

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 75 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (64 MB vs 4 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

3.95% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($875 vs $1043)

More pipelines (640 vs 384)

So, Intel Iris Graphics 540 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M .

Intel Iris Graphics 540 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.8 Out of 12 Hitesti Score
4.3 Out of 60 Hitesti Score