Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) vs NVIDIA GeForce 705M

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking1023not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.07no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)
GPU code nameGF119Sandy Bridge
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 June 2013 (10 years old)1 May 2011 (12 years old)
Current price$163 $760
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores486
Core clock speed775 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1100 MHz
Number of transistors292 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate5.904no data
Floating-point performance141.7 gflopsno 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 supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Standard memory configurationDDR3no data
Memory bus width64 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 2560x1600no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 2560x1600no 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.

DirectX12 API10.1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/Ano data
CUDA+no data

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 June 2013 1 May 2011
Chip lithography 40 nm 32 nm

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