HD Graphics (Skylake) vs HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1192 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Gen. 7 Ivy Bridge (2012) | Gen. 9 Skylake (2015) |
| GPU code name | Ivy Bridge GT1 | Skylake GT1 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 October 2012 (12 years ago) | 1 September 2015 (9 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 | 6 | 12 |
| Core clock speed | 350 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 22 nm | 14 nm |
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 | no data | DDR3L/LPDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64/128 Bit | 64/128 Bit |
| Shared memory | + | + |
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.
| DirectX | 11.0 | 12_1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2012 | 1 September 2015 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 14 nm |
HD Graphics (Skylake) has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) and HD Graphics (Skylake). We've got no test results to judge.
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