HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) vs HD Graphics 630

Place in the ranking	763	1298
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	14.27	no data
Architecture	Generation 9.5 (2016−2020)	Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)
GPU code name	Kaby Lake GT2	Sandy Bridge
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 January 2017 (8 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	192	6
Core clock speed	350 MHz	350 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm++	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	24.00	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.384 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	3	no data
TMUs	24	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).

Interface

Ring Bus

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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	DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4	no data
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	no data
Memory bus width	System Shared	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	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

Portable Device Dependent

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Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	10.1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	3.0	no 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 630 3.11
+815%

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 0.34

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD Graphics 630 7685
+687%

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 976

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 630 9715
+592%

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	14 +75%	8 −75%
1440p	64 +967%	6−7 −967%
4K	13 +1200%	1−2 −1200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Elden Ring	6−7	0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	7	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
Metro Exodus	5	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	7 +75%	4−5 −75%
Valorant	2−3	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Dota 2	12 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Elden Ring	6−7	0−1
Far Cry 5	18 +200%	6−7 −200%
Fortnite	16−18 +1600%	1−2 −1600%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
Grand Theft Auto V	4	0−1
Metro Exodus	6−7	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	28 +300%	7−8 −300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4 −25%	5−6 +25%
Valorant	2−3	0−1
World of Tanks	55−60 +450%	10 −450%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Dota 2	22 +1000%	2−3 −1000%
Far Cry 5	10 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 +300%	7−8 −300%
Valorant	2−3	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	1−2	0−1
Elden Ring	3−4	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	1−2	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 +1000%	2−3 −1000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
World of Tanks	21−24 +950%	2−3 −950%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Valorant	10−11 +100%	5−6 −100%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%
Elden Ring	1−2	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6 +500%	1−2 −500%
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	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%
Far Cry 5	3	0−1
Fortnite	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Valorant	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

This is how HD Graphics 630 and HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) compete in popular games:

HD Graphics 630 is 75% faster in 1080p
HD Graphics 630 is 967% faster in 1440p
HD Graphics 630 is 1200% faster in 4K

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

in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the HD Graphics 630 is 1000% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) is 25% faster.

All in all, in popular games: