Radeon 660M vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and Radeon 660M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
2011
0.34

660M outperforms HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) by a whopping 4697% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1296332
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data27.95
ArchitectureGen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameSandy BridgeRembrandt+
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 May 2011 (13 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores6384
Core clock speed350 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz1900 MHz
Number of transistorsno data13,100 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data40 Watt
Texture fill rateno data45.60
Floating-point processing powerno data1.459 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data24
Ray Tracing Coresno data6

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
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width64/128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
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 data2.0
Vulkan-1.3

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
Radeon 660M 16.31
+4697%

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
Radeon 660M 23222
+2279%

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
Radeon 660M 31515
+2144%

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
−257%
25
+257%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1100%
24
+1100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−667%
21−24
+667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−900%
20−22
+900%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−900%
20
+900%
Hitman 3 4−5
−425%
21
+425%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−575%
50−55
+575%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−700%
30−35
+700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−121%
60−65
+121%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−667%
21−24
+667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−900%
20−22
+900%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−600%
14
+600%
Hitman 3 4−5
−425%
21
+425%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−575%
50−55
+575%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−725%
33
+725%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−189%
24−27
+189%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−121%
60−65
+121%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−667%
21−24
+667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−900%
20−22
+900%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−650%
14−16
+650%
Hitman 3 4−5
−375%
18−20
+375%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−175%
22
+175%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−575%
27
+575%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−66.7%
15
+66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−121%
60−65
+121%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 5−6
Hitman 3 6−7
−117%
12−14
+117%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−900%
20−22
+900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−700%
16−18
+700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 4−5

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 26
+0%
26
+0%
Battlefield 5 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 19
+0%
19
+0%
Battlefield 5 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Hitman 3 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Metro Exodus 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

This is how HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and Radeon 660M compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 660M is 257% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the Radeon 660M is 1100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Radeon 660M is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
  • there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.34 16.31
Recency 1 May 2011 3 January 2023
Chip lithography 32 nm 6 nm

Radeon 660M has a 4697.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 433.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 660M is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) in performance tests.


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