Radeon RX 5500M vs Iris Graphics 540

Place in the ranking	742	358
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	15.15	11.83
Architecture	Generation 9.0 (2015−2016)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	Skylake GT3e	Navi 14
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 September 2015 (9 years ago)	7 October 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 cores	384	1408
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1375 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1645 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm+	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	85 Watt
Texture fill rate	48.00	144.8
Floating-point processing power	0.768 TFLOPS	4.632 TFLOPS
ROPs	6	32
TMUs	48	88

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 size	no data	medium sized
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 4.0 x8
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	4 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	224.0 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

No outputs

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 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.2.131

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 540 3.26

RX 5500M 14.43
+343%

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 540 1259

RX 5500M 5568
+342%

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.

Iris Graphics 540 2212

RX 5500M 16476
+645%

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.

Iris Graphics 540 1448

RX 5500M 12276
+748%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Iris Graphics 540 11327

RX 5500M 50946
+350%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Iris Graphics 540 126078

RX 5500M 210925
+67.3%

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	22 −159%	57 +159%
1440p	12−14 −367%	56 +367%
4K	6−7 −350%	27 +350%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−817%

55
+817%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −378%	43 +378%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −5500%	56 +5500%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −820%	45−50 +820%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −657%	53 +657%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −617%	43 +617%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −450%	30−35 +450%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −388%	35−40 +388%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −481%	90−95 +481%
Hitman 3	8−9 −625%	58 +625%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −535%	146 +535%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −1100%	45−50 +1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −714%	57 +714%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −254%	45−50 +254%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −333%	169 +333%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −267%	30−35 +267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2500%	26 +2500%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −580%	34 +580%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −586%	48 +586%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −450%	33 +450%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −450%	30−35 +450%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −388%	35−40 +388%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −481%	90−95 +481%
Hitman 3	8−9 −625%	58 +625%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −526%	144 +526%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −800%	36 +800%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −643%	52 +643%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −531%	82 +531%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	17 −100%	30−35 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −331%	168 +331%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −244%	31 +244%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1300%	14 +1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −271%	26 +271%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −400%	30 +400%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −450%	30−35 +450%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −481%	90−95 +481%
Hitman 3	8−9 −525%	50 +525%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −200%	69 +200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −454%	72 +454%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −221%	45 +221%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +77.3%	22 −77.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−671%

54
+671%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −980%	54 +980%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −340%	21−24 +340%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Hitman 3	8−9 −313%	33 +313%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −588%	55 +588%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −806%	163 +806%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

−567%

40
+567%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −2800%	29 +2800%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −1800%	18−20 +1800%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−400%

20
+400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10 +0%	10 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Metro Exodus	47 +0%	47 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	9 +0%	9 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65 +0%	65 +0%
Metro Exodus	28 +0%	28 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

This is how Iris Graphics 540 and RX 5500M compete in popular games:

RX 5500M is 159% faster in 1080p
RX 5500M is 367% faster in 1440p
RX 5500M is 350% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Iris Graphics 540 is 77% faster.
in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 5500M is 5500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Iris Graphics 540 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RX 5500M is ahead in 61 test (85%)
there's a draw in 10 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.26	14.43
Recency	1 September 2015	7 October 2019
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	85 Watt

Iris Graphics 540 has 466.7% lower power consumption.

RX 5500M, on the other hand, has a 342.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 5500M is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Graphics 540 in performance tests.

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