HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) vs Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 762 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN (2012−2015) | Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011) |
| GPU code name | Kaveri Spectre | Sandy Bridge |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 14 January 2014 (10 years ago) | 1 May 2011 (13 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 | 6 |
| Core clock speed | 720 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1100 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 32 nm |
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 bus width | no data | 64/128 Bit |
| Shared memory | + | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) | 10.1 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
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Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks.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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 January 2014 | 1 May 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge). We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) is a desktop card while HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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