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Iris Graphics 48
General Info
Type IGP
DesignerIntel
ManufacturerIntel
IntroductionSeptember, 2015 (launched)
CodenameSkylake GT3e
FamilyIris Graphics
Microarchitecture
MicroarchitectureGen9
Execution Units24
Frequency
0.3 GHz
300,000 kHz
300 MHz
Process14 nm
0.014 μm
1.4e-5 mm
TechnologyCMOS
Max Memory
65,536 MiB
67,108,864 KiB
68,719,476,736 B
0.0625 TiB
64 GiB

Iris Graphics 540 is an integrated graphics processor introduced by Intel in 2015 for their mainstream mobile Skylake-based microprocessors. This GPU is Skylake's high-end tier GPU incorporating 48 execution units. The 540 GPU is found in mid-range and high-end performance mobile (Skylake U) processors. This GPU incorporates 64 MiB of eDRAM side cache on-chip for added performance.

Features[edit]

Main article: Skylake § Graphics

All models support the following features:

  • Support for up to three independent displays via HDMI 1.4, DisplayPort (DP) 1.2, an Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) 1.3 interfaces.
  • Quick Sync Video
  • Clear Video
  • Clear Video HD
  • InTru 3D

Standards[edit]

Graphics API Standard
Vulkan Direct3D OpenGL OpenCL
Windows Linux Windows Linux HLSL Windows Linux Windows Linux
1.0 12 N/A 5.1 4.4 4.5 2.1 2.0

Hardware Accelerated Video[edit]

[Edit] Skylake (Gen9) Hardware Accelerated Video Capabilities
Codec Encode Decode
Profiles Levels Max Resolution Profiles Levels Max Resolution
MPEG-2 (H.262) Main High 1080p (FHD) Main Main, High 1080p (FHD)
MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) High, Main 5.1 2160p (4K) Main, High, SHP, MHP 5.1 2160p (4K)
JPEG/MJPEG Baseline - 16k x 16k Baseline Unified 16k x 16k
HEVC (H.265) Main 5.1 2160p (4K) Main, Main 10 5.1 2160p (4K)
VC-1 Advanced, Main, Simple 3, High 3840x3840
VP8 Unified Unified - 0 Unified 1080p
VP9 0 Unified 2160p (4K)

Performance[edit]

See also: All Skylake GPUs Performance
Frequency Peak Performance
Half Precision Single Precision Double Precision
Ref (FLOP/clk) 1536/cycle 768/cycle 192/cycle
Base (300 MHz) 460.8 GFLOPS 230.4 GFLOPS 57.6 GFLOPS
Boost (950 MHz) 1.4592 TFLOPS 729.6 GFLOPS 182.4 GFLOPS
Boost (1,000 MHz) 1.536 TFLOPS 768 GFLOPS 192 GFLOPS
Boost (1,050 MHz) 1.6128 TFLOPS 806.4 GFLOPS 201.6 GFLOPS

Processors with Iris Graphics 540[edit]

 List of Processors with Iris Graphics 540
 Main processorIGP
ModelLaunchedPriceFamilyCoresThreadsL3$L4$TDPFrequencyTurboMax MemGPUFrequencyTurbo
i5-6260U27 September 2015$ 304.00
€ 273.60
£ 246.24
¥ 31,412.32
Core i5244 MiB
4,096 KiB
4,194,304 B
0.00391 GiB
64 MiB
65,536 KiB
67,108,864 B
0.0625 GiB
15 W
15,000 mW
0.0201 hp
0.015 kW
1.8 GHz
1,800 MHz
1,800,000 kHz
2.9 GHz
2,900 MHz
2,900,000 kHz
32 GiB
32,768 MiB
33,554,432 KiB
34,359,738,368 B
0.0313 TiB
Iris Graphics 540300 MHz
0.3 GHz
300,000 KHz
950 MHz
0.95 GHz
950,000 KHz
i5-6360U27 September 2015$ 304.00
€ 273.60
£ 246.24
¥ 31,412.32
Core i5244 MiB
4,096 KiB
4,194,304 B
0.00391 GiB
64 MiB
65,536 KiB
67,108,864 B
0.0625 GiB
15 W
15,000 mW
0.0201 hp
0.015 kW
2 GHz
2,000 MHz
2,000,000 kHz
3.1 GHz
3,100 MHz
3,100,000 kHz
32 GiB
32,768 MiB
33,554,432 KiB
34,359,738,368 B
0.0313 TiB
Iris Graphics 540300 MHz
0.3 GHz
300,000 KHz
1,000 MHz
1 GHz
1,000,000 KHz
i7-6560U27 September 2015Core i7244 MiB
4,096 KiB
4,194,304 B
0.00391 GiB
64 MiB
65,536 KiB
67,108,864 B
0.0625 GiB
15 W
15,000 mW
0.0201 hp
0.015 kW
2.2 GHz
2,200 MHz
2,200,000 kHz
3.2 GHz
3,200 MHz
3,200,000 kHz
32 GiB
32,768 MiB
33,554,432 KiB
34,359,738,368 B
0.0313 TiB
Iris Graphics 540300 MHz
0.3 GHz
300,000 KHz
1,050 MHz
1.05 GHz
1,050,000 KHz
i7-6650U27 September 2015$ 415.00
€ 373.50
£ 336.15
¥ 42,881.95
Core i7244 MiB
4,096 KiB
4,194,304 B
0.00391 GiB
64 MiB
65,536 KiB
67,108,864 B
0.0625 GiB
15 W
15,000 mW
0.0201 hp
0.015 kW
2.2 GHz
2,200 MHz
2,200,000 kHz
3.4 GHz
3,400 MHz
3,400,000 kHz
32 GiB
32,768 MiB
33,554,432 KiB
34,359,738,368 B
0.0313 TiB
Iris Graphics 540300 MHz
0.3 GHz
300,000 KHz
1,050 MHz
1.05 GHz
1,050,000 KHz
i7-6660U20 March 2016$ 415.00
€ 373.50
£ 336.15
¥ 42,881.95
Core i7244 MiB
4,096 KiB
4,194,304 B
0.00391 GiB
64 MiB
65,536 KiB
67,108,864 B
0.0625 GiB
15 W
15,000 mW
0.0201 hp
0.015 kW
2.4 GHz
2,400 MHz
2,400,000 kHz
3.4 GHz
3,400 MHz
3,400,000 kHz
32 GiB
32,768 MiB
33,554,432 KiB
34,359,738,368 B
0.0313 TiB
Iris Graphics 540300 MHz
0.3 GHz
300,000 KHz
1,050 MHz
1.05 GHz
1,050,000 KHz
Count: 5

External links[edit]

base frequency300 MHz (0.3 GHz, 300,000 kHz) +
codenameSkylake GT3e +
designerIntel +
drivers urlhttps://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/88358 +
execution units24 +
familyIris Graphics +
first launchedSeptember 2015 +
full page nameintel/iris graphics/540 +
instance ofintegrated graphics processor +
ldateSeptember 2015 +
manufacturerIntel +
max memory65,536 MiB (67,108,864 KiB, 68,719,476,736 B, 64 GiB, 0.0625 TiB) +
microarchitectureGen9 +
nameIris Graphics 48 +
process14 nm (0.014 μm, 1.4e-5 mm) +
technologyCMOS +