GMA vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking13171553
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)PowerVR SGX545 (2008−2010)
GPU code nameSandy BridgeCloverview
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 May 2011 (13 years ago)4 May 2010 (14 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 cores6no data
Core clock speed350 MHz533 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology32 nm32 nm
Texture fill rateno data1.066
ROPsno data1
TMUsno data2

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 1.0 x16

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 dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width64/128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
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 dataNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX10.19.0c
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno dataES 2.0
OpenCLno dataN/A
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 HD7no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 2−3 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 2−3 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 no data
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8 no data
Valorant 24−27 no data

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 2−3 no data
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 10 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 no data
Dota 2 10−11 no data
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 no data
Valorant 24−27 no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 no data
Dota 2 10−11 no data
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 no data
Valorant 24−27 no data

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4 no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 no data
Forza Horizon 4 1−2 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 0−1 no data

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16 no data
Valorant 2−3 no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5 1−2 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3 no data

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3 no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2011 4 May 2010

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) has an age advantage of 11 months.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and GMA. We've got no test results to judge.

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