Intel Iris 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

Compare Intel Iris 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

213 points
43% significantly better overall score
148 points

Flux Core frame rate

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

6 FPS
2 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate
4 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

3 FPS
1 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate
2 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

5 FPS
2 FPS significantly higher City frame rate
2 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

1 FPS
2 FPS
1 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (Metal) score

Geekbench 5 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

6079 points
352% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Metal) score
1343 points
Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

6252 points
163% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score
2372 points
Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

6697 points
183% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score
2361 points
Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

7143 points
590% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Metal) score
1035 points
Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

6277 points
169% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score
2331 points
Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

6234 points
86% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score
3346 points

Specifications

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

15 W
233% significantly lower TDP
50 W

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

6 Gigapixels/s
51% significantly higher pixel rate
3.97 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

48 Gigatexels/s
202% significantly higher texture rate
15.89 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

384
100% significantly more shading units
192

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

48
200% significantly more texture mapping units
16

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

6
16
166% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

426th of 597
478th of 597

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2017 October

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR3

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0
12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.6
4.6

Iris 540 vs GeForce GT 720 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Iris 540 beats the GeForce GT 720 in gaming performance.

In addition, the Iris 540 has a significantly lower TDP at 15 W when compared to the GeForce GT 720 at 50 W. This is not a measure of performance, but rather the amount of heat generated by the chip when running at its highest speed.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the Iris 540 over the GeForce GT 720.

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