HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) vs FirePro W4100

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	658	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.18	no data
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)
GPU code name	Cape Verde	Sandy Bridge
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)	1 May 2011 (13 years ago)
Current price	$916	$760

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. 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	630 MHz	350 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	20.16	no data
Floating-point performance	645.1 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on FirePro W4100 and HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	171 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Form factor	low profile / half length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	no data
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	4x mini-DisplayPort	no data
Dual-link DVI support	1	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration

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no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	10.1
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 October 2015	1 May 2011
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm

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