RTX A5000 Mobile vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Aggregate performance score
We've compared HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) with RTX A5000 Mobile, including specs and performance data.
RTX A5000 Mobile outperforms HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) by a whopping 11803% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1368 | 127 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 20.16 |
| Architecture | Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Sandy Bridge | GA104 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 1 May 2011 (14 years ago) | 12 April 2021 (5 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 | 6144 |
| Core clock speed | 350 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | 1575 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 302.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 19.35 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 96 |
| TMUs | no data | 192 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 192 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 48 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 6 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 4 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).
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 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 type | no data | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64/128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 448.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
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.
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.
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 HD | 7
−1429%
| 107
+1429%
|
| 1440p | 0−1 | 69 |
| 4K | -0−1 | 49 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−9200%
|
90−95
+9200%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−9200%
|
90−95
+9200%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−3725%
|
150−160
+3725%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−2114%
|
150−160
+2114%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−785%
|
230−240
+785%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 10
−2690%
|
270−280
+2690%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−9200%
|
90−95
+9200%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−1220%
|
132
+1220%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−3725%
|
150−160
+3725%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−2114%
|
150−160
+2114%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−2900%
|
150
+2900%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−785%
|
230−240
+785%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−9200%
|
90−95
+9200%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−1140%
|
124
+1140%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−3725%
|
150−160
+3725%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−2114%
|
150−160
+2114%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−1700%
|
90
+1700%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−785%
|
230−240
+785%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4
−3267%
|
100−110
+3267%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 0−1 | 270−280 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5
−4275%
|
170−180
+4275%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−11300%
|
110−120
+11300%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−7500%
|
75−80
+7500%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−443%
|
76
+443%
|
| Valorant | 2−3
−12000%
|
240−250
+12000%
|
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2
−5400%
|
55−60
+5400%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−2500%
|
50−55
+2500%
|
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 210−220
+0%
|
210−220
+0%
|
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 210−220
+0%
|
210−220
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 93
+0%
|
93
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 120−130
+0%
|
120−130
+0%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 210−220
+0%
|
210−220
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 90
+0%
|
90
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 120−130
+0%
|
120−130
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 122
+0%
|
122
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 80
+0%
|
80
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 85
+0%
|
85
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
1440p
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 82
+0%
|
82
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 44
+0%
|
44
+0%
|
| Valorant | 260−270
+0%
|
260−270
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 79
+0%
|
79
+0%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 26
+0%
|
26
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 58
+0%
|
58
+0%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 107
+0%
|
107
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 44
+0%
|
44
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
This is how HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and RTX A5000 Mobile compete in popular games:
- RTX A5000 Mobile is 1429% 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 A5000 Mobile is 12000% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RTX A5000 Mobile performs better in 26 tests (44%)
- there's a draw in 33 tests (56%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.33 | 39.28 |
| Recency | 1 May 2011 | 12 April 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 8 nm |
RTX A5000 Mobile has a 11803% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
The RTX A5000 Mobile 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 graphics card while RTX A5000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.
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