HD Graphics (Skylake): specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started HD Graphics (Skylake) sales 1 September 2015. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Gen. 9 Skylake architecture and made with 14 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers.
Primary details
Some basic facts about HD Graphics (Skylake): architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Gen. 9 Skylake (2015) | |
| GPU code name | Skylake GT1 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 1 September 2015 (9 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
HD Graphics (Skylake)'s specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of HD Graphics (Skylake)'s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 12 | of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090) |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | of 2610 MHz (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Boost clock speed | 800 MHz | of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on HD Graphics (Skylake): its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | DDR3L/LPDDR3 | |
| Memory bus width | 64/128 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Shared memory | + |
Supported technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by HD Graphics (Skylake). You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Quick Sync | + |
API compatibility
APIs supported by HD Graphics (Skylake), sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 |
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with HD Graphics (Skylake) according to our statistics.
