Switch GPU vs Iris Pro Graphics 5200

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking766not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.01no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.5 (2013)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameHaswell GT3eGM20B
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date27 May 2013 (11 years ago)17 March 2017 (7 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 cores320256
Core clock speed200 MHz384 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz768 MHz
Number of transistors392 million2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate48.0012.29
Floating-point processing power0.768 TFLOPS0.3932 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs4016

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceRing BusIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 shared + 128 MB eDRAMDDR4
Maximum RAM amountSystem shared4 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1600 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 DependentNo 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.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
CUDA-5.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2013 17 March 2017
Chip lithography 22 nm 20 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 15 Watt

Switch GPU has an age advantage of 3 years, a 10% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Iris Pro Graphics 5200 and Switch GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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