UHD Graphics 48EU vs HD Graphics 515

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking943not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.89no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)Generation 12.2 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameSkylake GT2Alder Lake GT1
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 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 cores192384
Core clock speed300 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz1150 MHz
Manufacturing process technology14 nm+10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate19.2027.60
Floating-point processing power0.3072 TFLOPS0.8832 TFLOPS
ROPs312
TMUs2424

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 BusRing Bus
WidthIGPIGP

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 typeSystem SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
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)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2015 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt

HD Graphics 515 has 200% lower power consumption.

UHD Graphics 48EU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 515 and UHD Graphics 48EU. We've got no test results to judge.


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