GRID K520Q vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1358 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | Sandy Bridge | GK104 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 May 2011 (14 years ago) | 2 July 2014 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $3,599 |
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 | 6 | 1536 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 350 MHz | 745 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 3,540 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 225 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 95.36 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 2.289 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | no data | 32 ×2 |
| TMUs | no data | 128 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
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 | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
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 | no data | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 4 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 64/128 Bit | 256 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 160.0 GB/s ×2 |
| Shared memory | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 3.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 May 2011 | 2 July 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 28 nm |
GRID K520Q has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and GRID K520Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) is a notebook graphics card while GRID K520Q is a workstation one.
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