RTX 2000 Ada Generation vs Iris Graphics 5100

Place in the ranking	900	72
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	81.28
Power efficiency	4.45	45.35
Architecture	Generation 7.5 (2013)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Haswell GT3	AD107
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	27 May 2013 (11 years ago)	12 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$649

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	320	2816
Core clock speed	200 MHz	1620 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	2130 MHz
Number of transistors	1,300 million	18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	70 Watt
Texture fill rate	44.00	187.4
Floating-point processing power	0.704 TFLOPS	12 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	48
TMUs	40	88
Tensor Cores	no data	88
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	22

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).

Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	System Shared	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	16 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	256.0 GB/s
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 Connectors

Portable Device Dependent

4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.8
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9

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.

Iris Graphics 5100 1.93

RTX 2000 Ada Generation 45.92
+2279%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Iris Graphics 5100 746

RTX 2000 Ada Generation 17715
+2275%

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:

Full HD	12 −2233%	280−290 +2233%
4K	7 −2186%	160−170 +2186%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.32
4K	no data	4.06

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−2275%

95−100
+2275%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −2186%	160−170 +2186%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −2100%	110−120 +2100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2275%	95−100 +2275%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −2100%	110−120 +2100%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −2186%	160−170 +2186%
Hitman 3	6−7 −2233%	140−150 +2233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −2253%	400−450 +2253%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −2275%	95−100 +2275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −2233%	210−220 +2233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −2186%	800−850 +2186%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −2186%	160−170 +2186%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −2100%	110−120 +2100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2275%	95−100 +2275%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −2100%	110−120 +2100%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −2186%	160−170 +2186%
Hitman 3	6−7 −2233%	140−150 +2233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −2253%	400−450 +2253%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −2275%	95−100 +2275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −2233%	210−220 +2233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 −2043%	300−310 +2043%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −2186%	800−850 +2186%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −2186%	160−170 +2186%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −2100%	110−120 +2100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2275%	95−100 +2275%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −2186%	160−170 +2186%
Hitman 3	6−7 −2233%	140−150 +2233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −2253%	400−450 +2253%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −2233%	210−220 +2233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −2233%	280−290 +2233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −2186%	800−850 +2186%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−2275%

95−100
+2275%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −2150%	45−50 +2150%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −2150%	45−50 +2150%
Hitman 3	7−8 −2186%	160−170 +2186%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −2100%	110−120 +2100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −2200%	230−240 +2200%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
−2100%

110−120

+2100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−2000%

21−24
+2000%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −2150%	45−50 +2150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−2233%

70−75
+2233%

This is how Iris Graphics 5100 and RTX 2000 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

RTX 2000 Ada Generation is 2233% faster in 1080p
RTX 2000 Ada Generation is 2186% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.93	45.92
Recency	27 May 2013	12 February 2024
Chip lithography	22 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	70 Watt

Iris Graphics 5100 has 133.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 2000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 2279.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 340% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 2000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Graphics 5100 in performance tests.

Be aware that Iris Graphics 5100 is a notebook card while RTX 2000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.