P106-090 vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) with P106-090, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
2011
0.34

P106-090 outperforms HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) by a whopping 1750% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1304583
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data5.85
ArchitectureGen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameSandy BridgeGP106
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 May 2011 (13 years ago)31 July 2017 (7 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 MHz1354 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz1531 MHz
Number of transistorsno data4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data75 Watt
Texture fill rateno data73.49
Floating-point processing powerno data2.352 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data48

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data250 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data3 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2002 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192.2 GB/s
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 compatibility

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 data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

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 HD8
−1650%
140−150
+1650%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
−1733%
110−120
+1733%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1733%
55−60
+1733%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
−1733%
110−120
+1733%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1733%
55−60
+1733%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−1733%
110−120
+1733%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1650%
70−75
+1650%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
−1733%
110−120
+1733%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1733%
55−60
+1733%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−1614%
120−130
+1614%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−1733%
110−120
+1733%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−1614%
120−130
+1614%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1650%
70−75
+1650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−1700%
90−95
+1700%
World of Tanks 10
−1700%
180−190
+1700%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
−1733%
110−120
+1733%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1733%
55−60
+1733%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−1614%
120−130
+1614%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−1733%
110−120
+1733%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−1614%
120−130
+1614%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−1650%
35−40
+1650%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1733%
55−60
+1733%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−1650%
70−75
+1650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−1650%
70−75
+1650%
Valorant 4−5
−1650%
70−75
+1650%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
−1733%
110−120
+1733%
Dota 2 14−16
−1700%
270−280
+1700%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−1700%
270−280
+1700%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 1−2
−1700%
18−20
+1700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−1700%
270−280
+1700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 6−7
−1733%
110−120
+1733%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1650%
35−40
+1650%
Dota 2 14−16
−1700%
270−280
+1700%
Valorant 0−1 0−1

This is how HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and P106-090 compete in popular games:

  • P106-090 is 1650% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.34 6.29
Recency 1 May 2011 31 July 2017
Chip lithography 32 nm 16 nm

P106-090 has a 1750% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The P106-090 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) is a notebook card while P106-090 is a workstation one.


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