RTX A1000 Mobile vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) with RTX A1000 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
2011
0.34

RTX A1000 Mobile outperforms HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) by a whopping 7176% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1294219
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data28.77
ArchitectureGen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameSandy BridgeGA107
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date1 May 2011 (13 years ago)30 March 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 cores62048
Core clock speed350 MHz630 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz1140 MHz
Manufacturing process technology32 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data60 Watt
Texture fill rateno data72.96
Floating-point processing powerno data4.669 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data64
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 sizeno datamedium sized
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8

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 data4 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1375 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data176.0 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 dataPortable Device Dependent

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-8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 0.34
RTX A1000 Mobile 24.74
+7176%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 976
RTX A1000 Mobile 58312
+5875%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 1405
RTX A1000 Mobile 70880
+4947%

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
−900%
70
+900%
1440p-0−128

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−2950%
61
+2950%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−1600%
50−55
+1600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−2250%
45−50
+2250%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−2400%
50
+2400%
Hitman 3 4−5
−1050%
45−50
+1050%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−1250%
100−110
+1250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−1825%
75−80
+1825%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−254%
95−100
+254%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−1600%
50−55
+1600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−2250%
45−50
+2250%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1750%
37
+1750%
Hitman 3 4−5
−1050%
45−50
+1050%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−1250%
100−110
+1250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−2075%
87
+2075%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−456%
50−55
+456%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−254%
95−100
+254%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−1600%
50−55
+1600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−2250%
45−50
+2250%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1350%
29
+1350%
Hitman 3 4−5
−1050%
45−50
+1050%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−1250%
100−110
+1250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−1800%
76
+1800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−378%
43
+378%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+7.7%
26
−7.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 14−16
Hitman 3 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−2250%
45−50
+2250%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1800%
35−40
+1800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 12−14

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−900%
20−22
+900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50
+0%
50
+0%
Battlefield 5 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Metro Exodus 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 33
+0%
33
+0%
Battlefield 5 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Metro Exodus 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 25
+0%
25
+0%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 22
+0%
22
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Metro Exodus 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Hitman 3 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

This is how HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and RTX A1000 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX A1000 Mobile is 900% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) is 8% faster.
  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the RTX A1000 Mobile is 2950% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • RTX A1000 Mobile is ahead in 28 tests (40%)
  • there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.34 24.74
Recency 1 May 2011 30 March 2022
Chip lithography 32 nm 8 nm

RTX A1000 Mobile has a 7176.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A1000 Mobile 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 graphics card while RTX A1000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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