Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) vs GeForce GT 540M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 540M and Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GT 540M
2011
2 GB DDR3, 35 Watt
1.24

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) outperforms GT 540M by a whopping 227% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1036686
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.5611.72
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameGF108Ice Lake G4 Gen. 11
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 January 2011 (13 years ago)28 May 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores9648
Core clock speed672 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1100 MHz
Number of transistors585 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt12-25 Watt
Texture fill rate10.75no data
Floating-point processing power0.258 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4no data
TMUs16no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3DDR4
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed900 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
Optimus+-
Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 API12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 540M 1.24
Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) 4.06
+227%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GT 540M 4355
Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) 8812
+102%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GT 540M 888
Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) 3225
+263%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GT 540M 760
Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) 2124
+179%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p16
−213%
50−55
+213%
Full HD20
+25%
16
−25%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−83.3%
11
+83.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−125%
9
+125%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−267%
10−12
+267%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Hitman 3 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−92.9%
27−30
+92.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−400%
10
+400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−87.5%
14−16
+87.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−30.3%
40−45
+30.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−83.3%
10−12
+83.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−267%
10−12
+267%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Hitman 3 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−92.9%
27−30
+92.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−87.5%
14−16
+87.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−45.5%
16−18
+45.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−30.3%
40−45
+30.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−83.3%
10−12
+83.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Hitman 3 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−92.9%
27−30
+92.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−87.5%
14−16
+87.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+57.1%
7
−57.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−30.3%
40−45
+30.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 3−4
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 3−4
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
−317%
24−27
+317%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 3−4

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 1−2
Far Cry 5 0−1 2−3

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Battlefield 5 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Metro Exodus 19
+0%
19
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Battlefield 5 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Metro Exodus 14
+0%
14
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 0−1 0−1
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how GT 540M and Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) compete in popular games:

  • Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is 213% faster in 900p
  • GT 540M is 25% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GT 540M is 57% faster.
  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is 1100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GT 540M is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is ahead in 46 tests (79%)
  • there's a draw in 11 tests (19%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.24 4.06
Recency 5 January 2011 28 May 2019
Chip lithography 40 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 12 Watt

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) has a 227.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 191.7% lower power consumption.

The Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 540M in performance tests.


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