Radeon Pro Vega 48 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 | 191 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011) | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | Sandy Bridge | Vega 10 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 1 May 2011 (13 years ago) | 19 March 2019 (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 | 3072 |
| Core clock speed | 350 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 12,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 249.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 7.987 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 64 |
| TMUs | no data | 192 |
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).
| Interface | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64/128 Bit | 2048 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 786 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 402.4 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 Connectors | no data | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.1.125 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 May 2011 | 19 March 2019 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
Pro Vega 48 has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and Radeon Pro Vega 48. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Pro Vega 48 is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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