FireStream 9270 vs HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) with FireStream 9270, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)
2012
0.63

FireStream 9270 outperforms HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) by a whopping 452% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1194724
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data1.52
ArchitectureGen. 7 Ivy Bridge (2012)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1RV770
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 October 2012 (12 years ago)13 November 2008 (16 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 cores6800
Core clock speed350 MHz750 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data956 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data160 Watt
Texture fill rateno data30.00
Floating-point processing powerno data1.2 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data40

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 6-pin

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 dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data2 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data115.2 GB/s
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 Connectorsno data1x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.010.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A

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 HD8
−400%
40−45
+400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−425%
21−24
+425%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Hitman 3 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−445%
60−65
+445%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−400%
30−33
+400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−433%
160−170
+433%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−425%
21−24
+425%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Hitman 3 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−445%
60−65
+445%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−400%
30−33
+400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−450%
55−60
+450%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−433%
160−170
+433%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−425%
21−24
+425%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Hitman 3 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−445%
60−65
+445%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−400%
30−33
+400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−450%
55−60
+450%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−433%
160−170
+433%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Hitman 3 6−7
−400%
30−33
+400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%

This is how HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) and FireStream 9270 compete in popular games:

  • FireStream 9270 is 400% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.63 3.48
Recency 1 October 2012 13 November 2008
Chip lithography 22 nm 55 nm

HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

FireStream 9270, on the other hand, has a 452.4% higher aggregate performance score.

The FireStream 9270 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) is a notebook card while FireStream 9270 is a workstation one.


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