Radeon RX Vega Mobile vs HD Graphics

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1145not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.53no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1Vega Mobile
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 April 2012 (12 years ago)7 January 2018 (6 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 cores481792
Core clock speed650 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1050 MHzno data
Number of transistors392 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology22 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt90 Watt
Texture fill rate6.300no data
Floating-point processing power0.1008 TFLOPSno data
ROPs1no data
TMUs6no data

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
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16no data
WidthIGPno data

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 typeSystem SharedHBM2
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared4 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared2048 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
Shared memoryno data-

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 outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)12_1
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.0no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.80-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2012 7 January 2018
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 90 Watt

HD Graphics has 157.1% lower power consumption.

RX Vega Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics and Radeon RX Vega Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega Mobile is a notebook one.


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