UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) vs HD Graphics 5600

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics 5600 and UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD Graphics 5600
2014
15 Watt
5.88

UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) outperforms HD Graphics 5600 by a significant 23% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking595544
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency26.90no data
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Gen. 12 (2021−2023)
GPU code nameBroadwell GT2Alder Lake Xe
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 September 2014 (10 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 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 cores19264
Core clock speed300 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1050 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors1,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate25.20no data
Floating-point processing power0.4032 TFLOPSno data
ROPs3no data
TMUs24no 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).

InterfaceRing Busno 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 typeSystem Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync++

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan+-

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.

HD Graphics 5600 5.88
UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) 7.21
+22.6%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD Graphics 5600 1431
UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) 5039
+252%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

HD Graphics 5600 991
UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) 3895
+293%

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.

HD Graphics 5600 7757
UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) 21761
+181%

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 HD11
−90.9%
21
+90.9%
1440p8−9
−37.5%
11
+37.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−350%
18
+350%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−200%
14−16
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−275%
15
+275%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−300%
20−22
+300%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−488%
45−50
+488%
Hitman 3 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−133%
40−45
+133%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−400%
20−22
+400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−140%
24−27
+140%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−54.3%
50−55
+54.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−200%
14−16
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−175%
11
+175%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−300%
20−22
+300%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−488%
45−50
+488%
Hitman 3 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−133%
40−45
+133%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−400%
20−22
+400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−160%
26
+160%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 13
−69.2%
21−24
+69.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−54.3%
50−55
+54.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−200%
14−16
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−175%
10−12
+175%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−488%
45−50
+488%
Hitman 3 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+5.9%
17
−5.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−100%
20
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3
−267%
11
+267%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−54.3%
50−55
+54.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−400%
20−22
+400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−367%
14−16
+367%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−267%
10−12
+267%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Hitman 3 7−8
−57.1%
10−12
+57.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−150%
14−16
+150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
−309%
45−50
+309%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 3−4
Far Cry 5 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 2−3

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18
+0%
18
+0%
Metro Exodus 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 15
+0%
15
+0%
Metro Exodus 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Metro Exodus 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Hitman 3 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

This is how HD Graphics 5600 and UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) compete in popular games:

  • UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) is 91% faster in 1080p
  • UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) is 38% faster in 1440p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD Graphics 5600 is 6% faster.
  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) is 2000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD Graphics 5600 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) is ahead in 52 tests (74%)
  • there's a draw in 17 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.88 7.21
Recency 5 September 2014 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm

UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) has a 22.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 5600 in performance tests.


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