GeForce GTX 560M and Iris Graphics 540 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 560M vs Iris Graphics 540
GeForce GTX 560M
1281
Iris Graphics 540
1297
GeForce GTX 560M
Iris Graphics 540
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Gen. 9 Skylake (2015−2016)
GPU code name
N12E-GS
Skylake GT3e
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
May 2011
September 2015
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 3.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
SLI options
2-way
-
Boost clock speed
-
1050 MHz
Core clock speed
775 MHz
300 MHz
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
595.2 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
1,170 million
189 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
48
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
15 Watt
Texture fill rate
24.8 billion/sec
50.40
Memory type
GDDR5
eDRAM
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
64 MB
Memory bus width
Up to 192 Bit
eDRAM + 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
System Shared
Memory bandwidth
Up to 60 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-
+
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 API
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
2.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.4
Vulkan
N/A
1.1.97
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
-
Quick Sync
-
+