GeForce FX Go5250 vs Iris Pro Graphics 580

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking634not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency22.94no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameSkylake GT4eNV34 A1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)1 March 2003 (21 year 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 cores576no data
Core clock speed350 MHz250 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million45 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm+150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate68.401.000
Floating-point processing power1.094 TFLOPSno data
ROPs94
TMUs724

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 BusAGP 8x
WidthIGPno 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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4DDR
Maximum RAM amount64 GB64 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data8 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 (12_1)9.0a
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.61.5 (2.1)
OpenCL3.0N/A
Vulkan1.3N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2015 1 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 150 nm

Iris Pro Graphics 580 has an age advantage of 12 years, a 102300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 971.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Iris Pro Graphics 580 and GeForce FX Go5250. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Iris Pro Graphics 580 is a desktop card while GeForce FX Go5250 is a notebook one.


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Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
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