Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) vs NVIDIA GeForce 705M
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 1023 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Value for money | 0.07 | no data |
Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011) |
GPU code name | GF119 | Sandy Bridge |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Release date | 1 June 2013 (10 years old) | 1 May 2011 (12 years old) |
Current price | $163 | $760 |
Technical specs
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 | 48 | 6 |
Core clock speed | 775 MHz | 350 MHz |
Boost clock speed | no data | 1100 MHz |
Number of transistors | 292 million | no data |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 32 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | no data |
Texture fill rate | 5.904 | no data |
Floating-point performance | 141.7 gflops | no data |
Size and compatibility
Information on GeForce 705M and HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 | PCI Express 2.0 | no data |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | no data |
Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
Memory
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 | DDR3 | no data |
Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | no data |
Standard memory configuration | DDR3 | no data |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64/128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | no data |
Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | no data |
Shared memory | - | + |
Video outputs and ports
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 outputs | no data |
eDP 1.2 signal support | Up to 2560x1600 | no data |
LVDS signal support | Up to 1920x1200 | no data |
VGA аnalog display support | Up to 2048x1536 | no data |
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | Up to 2560x1600 | no data |
HDMI | + | no data |
HDCP content protection | + | no data |
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | + | no data |
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming | + | no data |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
Blu-Ray 3D Support | + | no data |
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | + | no data |
Optimus | + | no data |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 API | 10.1 |
Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
OpenGL | 4.5 | no data |
OpenCL | 1.1 | no data |
Vulkan | N/A | no data |
CUDA | + | no data |
Advantages and disadvantages
Recency | 1 June 2013 | 1 May 2011 |
Chip lithography | 40 nm | 32 nm |
We couldn't decide between GeForce 705M and HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge). We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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