GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
2011
0.30

RTX 4050 Mobile outperforms HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) by a whopping 10647% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1311132
Place by popularitynot in top-10046
Power efficiencyno data51.36
ArchitectureGen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameSandy BridgeAD107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 May 2011 (13 years ago)3 January 2023 (2 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 cores62560
Core clock speed350 MHz1455 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz1755 MHz
Manufacturing process technology32 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data140.4
Floating-point processing powerno data8.986 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data80
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 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 dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data6 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speedno data16000 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data192.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-
Resizable BAR-+

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 dataPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX10.112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 0.30
RTX 4050 Mobile 32.24
+10647%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 976
RTX 4050 Mobile 85660
+8677%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 1405
RTX 4050 Mobile 134084
+9447%

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 HD7
−1271%
96
+1271%
1440p-0−150
4K-0−130

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 2−3
−6500%
132
+6500%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−10200%
103
+10200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 2−3
−6100%
124
+6100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−8100%
82
+8100%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−4400%
130−140
+4400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−1886%
130−140
+1886%
Valorant 24−27
−708%
210−220
+708%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 2−3
−3500%
72
+3500%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 10
−2670%
270−280
+2670%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−6800%
69
+6800%
Dota 2 10−11
−1590%
169
+1590%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−4400%
130−140
+4400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−1886%
130−140
+1886%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−3800%
156
+3800%
Valorant 24−27
−708%
210−220
+708%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−6400%
65
+6400%
Dota 2 10−11
−1520%
162
+1520%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−4400%
130−140
+4400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−1886%
130−140
+1886%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−1900%
80
+1900%
Valorant 24−27
−431%
138
+431%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
−5733%
170−180
+5733%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 37
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−9600%
95−100
+9600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 59

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 0−1 90−95

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−327%
64
+327%
Valorant 2−3
−10450%
210−220
+10450%

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5 1−2
−4200%
43
+4200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−2100%
40−45
+2100%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
−2100%
40−45
+2100%

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 166
+0%
166
+0%
Far Cry 5 125
+0%
125
+0%
Fortnite 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 115
+0%
115
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 112
+0%
112
+0%
Far Cry 5 118
+0%
118
+0%
Fortnite 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 108
+0%
108
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 125
+0%
125
+0%
Metro Exodus 85
+0%
85
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Far Cry 5 109
+0%
109
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 79
+0%
79
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 58
+0%
58
+0%
Metro Exodus 50
+0%
50
+0%
Valorant 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Far Cry 5 69
+0%
69
+0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 24
+0%
24
+0%
Metro Exodus 45
+0%
45
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 47
+0%
47
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 18
+0%
18
+0%
Dota 2 115
+0%
115
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

This is how HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and RTX 4050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4050 Mobile is 1271% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 4050 Mobile is 10450% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 4050 Mobile is ahead in 28 tests (47%)
  • there's a draw in 32 tests (53%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.30 32.24
Recency 1 May 2011 3 January 2023
Chip lithography 32 nm 4 nm

RTX 4050 Mobile has a 10646.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) in performance tests.

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