GeForce RTX 4060 Ti vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) with GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
2011
0.34

RTX 4060 Ti outperforms HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) by a whopping 17382% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking129433
Place by popularitynot in top-10014
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data83.24
Power efficiencyno data25.91
ArchitectureGen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameSandy BridgeAD106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 May 2011 (13 years ago)18 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores64352
Core clock speed350 MHz2310 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz2535 MHz
Number of transistorsno data22,900 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data160 Watt
Texture fill rateno data344.8
Floating-point processing powerno data22.06 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data136
Tensor Coresno data136
Ray Tracing Coresno data34

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data240 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data288.0 GB/s
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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD7
−17043%
1200−1250
+17043%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data0.33

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−16567%
500−550
+16567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%
Hitman 3 4−5
−16150%
650−700
+16150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−16775%
1350−1400
+16775%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−16150%
650−700
+16150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−17221%
4850−4900
+17221%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−16567%
500−550
+16567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%
Hitman 3 4−5
−16150%
650−700
+16150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−16775%
1350−1400
+16775%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−16150%
650−700
+16150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−17122%
1550−1600
+17122%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−17221%
4850−4900
+17221%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−16567%
500−550
+16567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%
Hitman 3 4−5
−16150%
650−700
+16150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−16775%
1350−1400
+16775%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−16150%
650−700
+16150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−17122%
1550−1600
+17122%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−17221%
4850−4900
+17221%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7
−16567%
1000−1050
+16567%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−16900%
170−180
+16900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%

This is how HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and RTX 4060 Ti compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4060 Ti is 17043% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.34 59.44
Recency 1 May 2011 18 May 2023
Chip lithography 32 nm 5 nm

RTX 4060 Ti has a 17382.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 540% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is a desktop one.


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