Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | Intel HD Graphics Mobile (Broadwell) | HD i5 M540 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1723% | 4878% |
| Hitman 3 | 2271% | 6376% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 1567% | 4453% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 1513% | 4305% |
| FIFA 21 | 819% | 2411% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 2465% | 6904% |
| Far Cry 6 | 2537% | 7103% |
| Genshin Impact | 1723% | 4878% |
| Battlefield 6 | 2271% | 6376% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 1723% | 4878% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Intel HD Graphics Mobile (Broadwell) are massively better than the Intel HD i5 M540.
The Graphics Mobile was released over three years more recently than the HD i5 M540, and so the Graphics Mobile is likely to have far better driver support, meaning it will be much more optimized and ultimately superior to the HD i5 M540 when running the latest games.
The HD Graphics Mobile (Broadwell) and the HD i5 M540 have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The Graphics Mobile has 8.5 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the HD i5 M540, which means that the memory performance of the Graphics Mobile is marginally better than the HD i5 M540.
Both the HD Graphics Mobile (Broadwell) and the HD i5 M540 have 12 Shader Processing Units. While the two GPUs have the same number of SPUs, the actual performance delivered by the HD i5 M540 is 15 and by the Graphics Mobile is 15. Knowing that the shader performance of the HD i5 M540 is superior, it is not necessary to examine the GPUs' respective Texture and Pixel Fill Rates.
The HD Graphics Mobile (Broadwell) requires 4 Watts to run and the HD i5 M540 requires 35 Watts. The HD i5 M540 requires 31 Watts more than the Graphics Mobile to run. The difference is significant enough that the HD i5 M540 may have a slight adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the Graphics Mobile.
| Core Speed | 300 MHz | vs |  | 500 MHz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 850 MHz | | vs | - | |
| Architecture | Broadwell | Arrandale | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs |
| None | |
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 30 Mar 2015 | | vs | 30 Mar 2010 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved |  | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| Memory | - | vs | N/A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz | | vs | 533 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | | vs | | 128 Bit |
| Memory Type | DDR3 | | vs | | DDR3 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 25.6GB/sec | | vs | 17.1GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 0 KB | |
vs | - | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 12 | | vs | | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 0% | vs | | 1% | |
| Technology | 22nm | | vs | - | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 4 | | vs | - | |
| Texture Rate | 1.2 GTexel/s | | vs | - | |
| Render Output Units | 2 | | vs | - | |
| Pixel Rate | 0.6 GPixel/s | | vs | - | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | - | | vs | - | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 4 Watts | | vs | 35 Watts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 11.1 | | vs | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | 4.0 | |
| Open GL | 4.0 | | vs | 2.1 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | no | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | - | - | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended RAM | 4 GB | - | |||
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1366x768 | | - | ||
| Performance Value |  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mini Review | Intel HD Graphics Mobile (Broadwell) are integrated graphics in the budget Celeron and Pentium Broadwell Mobile processors. Their performance depends on the processor they are integrated on, as the latter defines the Base and Boost Clock, as well as on the SYSTEM RAM, which defines the operating memory clock, and whether the GPU accesses a 64-bit or 128-bit memory interface. Best case scenario, the Intel HD Graphics Mobile (Broadwell) performs on par with Intel HD 4000 Graphics and so most modern demanding games will not be playable. Less graphically intense games will be playable at lower graphics settings. | HD i5 M540 is specific version of GMA5700MHD graphics that is built into the 'Intel Core i5 M540' processor. You can only play most of the latest games like Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on the lowest settings, but you might experience a small lag. Less demanding games will run from medium to high settings. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended CPU | - | - | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||