HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) vs FirePro W4100

Place in the ranking	705	1305
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.44	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)
GPU code name	Cape Verde	Sandy Bridge
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	13 August 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	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 processing power	0.6451 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	32	no 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).

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	1000 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	+	-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D 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	-

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.

FirePro W4100 3.69
+1053%

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 0.32

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.

FirePro W4100 12657
+801%

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 1405

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	17 +113%	8 −113%
4K	3	-0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	10−12	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +200%	6−7 −200%
Forza Horizon 5	6−7	0−1
Metro Exodus	9−10	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
Valorant	9−10	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−12	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Dota 2	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +163%	8−9 −163%
Fortnite	21−24 +2200%	1−2 −2200%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +200%	6−7 −200%
Forza Horizon 5	6−7	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Metro Exodus	9−10	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 +400%	7−8 −400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
Valorant	9−10	0−1
World of Tanks	65−70 +570%	10 −570%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	10−12	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Dota 2	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +163%	8−9 −163%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +200%	6−7 −200%
Forza Horizon 5	6−7	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 +400%	7−8 −400%
Valorant	9−10	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	3−4	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	3−4	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 +1200%	2−3 −1200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4	0−1
World of Tanks	27−30 +1300%	2−3 −1300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	5−6	0−1
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Valorant	12−14 +200%	4−5 −200%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	2−3	0−1
Dota 2	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−12 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%
Far Cry 5	4−5	0−1
Fortnite	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	2−3	0−1
Valorant	4−5	0−1