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Intel Iris 540

The Intel Iris 540 is a integrated graphics processor released on January 1, 2015. It scores 1,274 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 (FL 12_1).

Integrated

2/10 key specs recorded · 7 facts

Depth: 14 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 2 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

n/a

Memory

n/a

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

n/a

Performance

The Intel Iris 540 scores 1,274 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 59.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,258), measured across 1,445 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 318.

PassMark G3D Mark

1,274

Rank #1,258
Faster than 59.1% of 2,658 GPUs
1,445 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 25 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 41.5% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 5 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 35.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 10 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 31.2% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 5 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 13.4% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 578 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 31.7% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the Intel Iris 540 averages DirectX 9 25 fps, DirectX 10 5 fps, DirectX 11 10 fps, DirectX 12 5 fps and GPU Compute 578 ops/s, across 1,445 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

First benchmarked 2015-11-20

Samples 1,445

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

Market

Launched January 1, 2015

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Integrated

Series Iris

The Intel Iris 540 was released on January 1, 2015.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 1,274

PassMark G2D 318

Rank #1,258

Samples 1,445

Graphics and compute APIs

The Intel Iris 540 supports DirectX 12 (FL 12_1).

DirectX 12 (FL 12_1)

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the Intel Iris 540. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the Intel Iris 540. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the Intel Iris 540.

Naming and aliases

The Intel Iris 540 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics 540, Intel(R) Iris(R) Graphics 540 and Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics 540 (PHDGD Skylake v2.9).

Other names (PassMark) Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics 540; Intel(R) Iris(R) Graphics 540; Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics 540 (PHDGD Skylake v2.9)

Frequently asked questions

How fast is the Intel Iris 540?

The Intel Iris 540 scores 1,274 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 59.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,258. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 5 fps.