Iris Graphics 540 and HD Graphics 2500 - video card comparison
Iris Graphics 540
HD Graphics 2500
Architecture
Gen. 9 Skylake (2015−2016)
Gen. 7 Ivy Bridge (2011−2012)
GPU code name
Skylake GT3e
Ivy Bridge GT1
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
September 2015
April 2012
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x1
PCIe 1.0 x16
Boost clock speed
1050 MHz
1150 MHz
Core clock speed
300 MHz
650 MHz
Floating-point performance
-
13.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
22 nm
Number of transistors
189 million
392 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
6
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
unknown
Texture fill rate
50.40
6.900
Memory type
eDRAM
System Shared
Maximum RAM amount
64 MB
System Shared
Memory bus width
eDRAM + 64/128 Bit
64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed
System Shared
System Shared
Shared memory
+
+
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (11_0)
OpenCL
2.1
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.0
Shader Model
6.4
5.0
Vulkan
1.1.97
1.1.80
Quick Sync
+
-