NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 vs Intel Iris 540

Compare NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2 GB vs Intel Iris 540, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

GPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare graphics cards

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

1159 points

444% significantly better overall score

213 points

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

26 FPS

20 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

6 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

18 FPS

14 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

3 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

18 FPS

13 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

5 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

14 FPS

14 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

1 FPS

Free GPU Benchmark

Want to compare your graphics card against the GeForce GTX 1050 and the Iris 540? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download GPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

7823 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (Metal) score

6079 points

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

18573 points

197% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

6252 points

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

17953 points

168% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

6697 points

Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

7823 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

7143 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

17967 points

186% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

6277 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

17163 points

175% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

6234 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

1354 MHz

351% significantly higher core clock speed

300 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1455 MHz

45% significantly higher boost clock speed

1000 MHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

75 W

15 W

400% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

46.56 Gigapixels/s

676% significantly higher pixel rate

6 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

58.2 Gigatexels/s

21% slightly higher texture rate

48 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

640

66% significantly more shading units

384

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

20% slightly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

433% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

253rd of 586

420th of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 October

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

GDDR5

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.5

4.6

GeForce GTX 1050 vs Iris 540 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark, the GeForce GTX 1050 GPU is faster than the Iris 540 in gaming.

The GeForce GTX 1050 has a significantly higher core clock speed. The core clock speed (or base speed) is the frequency at which the GPU core runs. This metric makes sense when comparing GPUs of a similar architecture or generation. In addition, the GeForce GTX 1050 also has a significantly higher boost clock speed: the maximum frequency the chip can reach if power delivery and thermals allow.

In addition, the Iris 540 has a significantly lower TDP at 15 W when compared to the GeForce GTX 1050 at 75 W. TDP (Thermal Design Power) measures total heat output from the chip.

In terms of raw gaming performance in our GPU benchmark, the GeForce GTX 1050 is better than the Iris 540.