Iris Xe MAX Graphics vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and Iris Xe MAX Graphics, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
2011
0.31

MAX Graphics outperforms HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) by a whopping 1339% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1351681
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data14.39
ArchitectureGen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code nameSandy BridgeDG1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 May 2011 (14 years ago)31 October 2020 (4 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 cores6768
Core clock speed350 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz1650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology32 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data25 Watt
Texture fill rateno data79.20
Floating-point processing powerno data2.534 TFLOPS
ROPsno data24
TMUsno data48
L2 Cacheno data1024 KB
L3 Cacheno data4 MB

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 4.0 x4

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 dataLPDDR4X
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2133 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data68.26 GB/s
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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX10.112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.2

Synthetic benchmarks

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) 0.31
Iris Xe MAX Graphics 4.46
+1339%

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
Iris Xe MAX Graphics 36993
+2534%

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
−286%
27
+286%
1440p1−2
−1900%
20
+1900%
4K1−2
−1500%
16
+1500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−450%
21−24
+450%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−171%
18−20
+171%
Valorant 24−27
−131%
60−65
+131%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 10
−720%
80−85
+720%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Dota 2 10−11
−300%
40
+300%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−450%
21−24
+450%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%
Metro Exodus 0−1 18
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−171%
18−20
+171%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−580%
34
+580%
Valorant 24−27
−131%
60−65
+131%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Dota 2 10−11
−280%
38
+280%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−450%
21−24
+450%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−171%
18−20
+171%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−260%
18
+260%
Valorant 24−27
−131%
60−65
+131%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 0−1 35−40
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
−1033%
30−35
+1033%

1440p
Ultra

Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 7−8

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 0−1 9−10

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−13.3%
16−18
+13.3%
Valorant 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 38
+0%
38
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Far Cry 5 26
+0%
26
+0%
Fortnite 34
+0%
34
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 35
+0%
35
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Far Cry 5 25
+0%
25
+0%
Fortnite 31
+0%
31
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 20
+0%
20
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 33
+0%
33
+0%
Far Cry 5 24
+0%
24
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 22
+0%
22
+0%

1440p
High

Grand Theft Auto V 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Valorant 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

4K
High

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 11
+0%
11
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Dota 2 20
+0%
20
+0%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

This is how HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and Iris Xe MAX Graphics compete in popular games:

  • Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 286% faster in 1080p
  • Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 1900% faster in 1440p
  • Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 1500% faster in 4K

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

  • in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 1100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Iris Xe MAX Graphics performs better in 29 tests (51%)
  • there's a draw in 28 tests (49%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.31 4.46
Recency 1 May 2011 31 October 2020
Chip lithography 32 nm 10 nm

Iris Xe MAX Graphics has a 1338.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

The Iris Xe MAX Graphics is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) in performance tests.

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