Iris Graphics 540 and HD Graphics 4200 - video card comparison
Iris Graphics 540
HD Graphics 4200
Architecture
Gen. 9 Skylake (2015−2016)
Gen. 7.5 Haswell (2012−2013)
GPU code name
Skylake GT3e
Haswell GT2
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
September 2015
June 2013
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x1
PCIe 1.0 x16
Boost clock speed
1050 MHz
850 MHz
Core clock speed
300 MHz
200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
22 nm
Number of transistors
189 million
392 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
20
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
4 Watt
Texture fill rate
50.40
17.00
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)
12 (11_1)
OpenCL
2.1
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.3
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.97
1.1.80
Quick Sync
+
+