Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Place in the ranking	1294	87
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	42.18
Power efficiency	no data	13.31
Architecture	Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	Sandy Bridge	Navi 10
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 May 2011 (13 years ago)	7 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$449

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 cores	6	2560
Core clock speed	350 MHz	1680 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1980 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	316.8
Floating-point processing power	no data	10.14 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	64
TMUs	no data	160

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).

Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 type	no data	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	8 GB
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	448.0 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 Connectors	no data	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
Vulkan	-	1.2.131

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 HD

−12043%

850−900
+12043%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

0.53

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−12400%

250−260
+12400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −11567%	350−400 +11567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −12400%	250−260 +12400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −12400%	250−260 +12400%
Hitman 3	4−5 −12400%	500−550 +12400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −12400%	1000−1050 +12400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −12400%	500−550 +12400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −12400%	3500−3550 +12400%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −11567%	350−400 +11567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −12400%	250−260 +12400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −12400%	250−260 +12400%
Hitman 3	4−5 −12400%	500−550 +12400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −12400%	1000−1050 +12400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −12400%	500−550 +12400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −12122%	1100−1150 +12122%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −12400%	3500−3550 +12400%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −11567%	350−400 +11567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −12400%	250−260 +12400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −12400%	250−260 +12400%
Hitman 3	4−5 −12400%	500−550 +12400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −12400%	1000−1050 +12400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −12400%	500−550 +12400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −12122%	1100−1150 +12122%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −12400%	3500−3550 +12400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 −12400%	750−800 +12400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −12400%	250−260 +12400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−12400%

250−260
+12400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −11900%	120−130 +11900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−12400%

250−260
+12400%

This is how HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary compete in popular games:

RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary is 12043% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.34	42.93
Recency	1 May 2011	7 July 2019
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm

RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary has a 12526.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 357.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary 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 Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary is a desktop one.

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