Arc 3 A350M vs HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1155not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
ArchitectureGen. 7 Ivy Bridge (2011−2012)Generation 12.7 (2022)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1DG2-128
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 October 2012 (11 years ago)30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price$168 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores6768
Core clock speed350 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1100 MHz1150 MHz
Number of transistorsno data7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data25 Watt
Texture fill rateno data55.20

Form factor & compatibility

Information on HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) and Arc 3 A350M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data12 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data96 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno data1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2012 30 March 2022
Chip lithography 22 nm 6 nm

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) and Arc 3 A350M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) is a notebook card while Arc 3 A350M is a desktop one.


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