Kaby Lake GT1 vs HD Graphics (Braswell)

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	1155	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Gen. 8 (2015−2016)	Generation 9.5
GPU code name	Braswell	Kaby Lake GT1
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 April 2015 (9 years ago)	no data
Current price	$216	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

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	16	96
Core clock speed	320 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	700 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm++

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 bus width	64/128 Bit	no data
Shared memory	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.4
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	no data	1.3

Pros & cons summary

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