HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) vs GeForce GT 525M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1060	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)
GPU code name	N12P-GE	Sandy Bridge
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	1 May 2011 (13 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 cores	96	6
CUDA cores	96	no data
Core clock speed	600 MHz	350 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	9.600	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.2304 gflops	no data
ROPs	4	no data
TMUs	16	no data

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 size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	DDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

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 Connectors

No outputs

no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

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API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 API	10.1
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 January 2011	1 May 2011
Chip lithography	40 nm	32 nm

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