Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011) | Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022) |
| GPU code name | Sandy Bridge | Alder Lake Xe |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 May 2011 (13 years ago) | 4 January 2022 (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 cores | 6 | 64 |
| Core clock speed | 350 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 10 nm |
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 bus width | 64/128 Bit | no data |
| Shared memory | + | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Quick Sync | no data | + |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 | DirectX 12_1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 May 2011 | 4 January 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 10 nm |
Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake). We've got no test results to judge.
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