Quadro 5000 SDI vs Iris Graphics 540

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking744not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency15.15no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameSkylake GT3eGF100
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)23 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$7,899

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 cores384352
Core clock speed300 MHz513 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm+40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt172 Watt
Texture fill rate48.0022.57
Floating-point processing power0.768 TFLOPS0.7223 TFLOPS
ROPs640
TMUs4844

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data248 mm
Widthno dataQuad-slot

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2.5 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared320 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data120.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video, 2x SDI

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.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.01.1
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA-2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2015 23 February 2011
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 172 Watt

Iris Graphics 540 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 1046.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Iris Graphics 540 and Quadro 5000 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Iris Graphics 540 is a notebook card while Quadro 5000 SDI is a workstation one.


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