HD Graphics vs Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)

Place in the ranking	771	1153
Place by popularity	not in top-100	84
Power efficiency	no data	1.51
Architecture	GCN (2012−2015)	Generation 7.0 (2012−2013)
GPU code name	Kaveri Spectre	Ivy Bridge GT1
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	14 January 2014 (10 years ago)	1 April 2012 (12 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 cores	512	48
Core clock speed	720 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1050 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	392 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	6.300
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.1008 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	1
TMUs	no data	6

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 1.0 x16
Width	no data	IGP

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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	no data	System Shared
Memory bus width	no data	System Shared
Memory clock speed	no data	System 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 Connectors

no data

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (FL 12_0)	11.1 (11_0)
Shader Model	no data	5.0
OpenGL	no data	4.0
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	1.1.80

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.

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 3.04
+295%

HD Graphics 0.77

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 1616
+439%

HD Graphics 300

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

18
+350%

4−5

−350%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7
+500%

1−2

−500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +300%	4−5 −300%
Hitman 3	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +360%	5−6 −360%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +333%	3−4 −333%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +333%	9−10 −333%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +300%	4−5 −300%
Hitman 3	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +360%	5−6 −360%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +333%	3−4 −333%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27 +350%	6−7 −350%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +333%	9−10 −333%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +300%	4−5 −300%
Hitman 3	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +360%	5−6 −360%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +333%	3−4 −333%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 +500%	1−2 −500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +333%	9−10 −333%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
+600%

1−2

−600%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Hitman 3	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+500%

1−2

−500%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1