Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) with Radeon RX 7900 XTX, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
2011
0.34

RX 7900 XTX outperforms HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) by a whopping 23612% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12968
Place by popularitynot in top-10069
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data34.70
Power efficiencyno data15.56
ArchitectureGen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameSandy BridgeNavi 31
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 May 2011 (13 years ago)3 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores66144
Core clock speed350 MHz1929 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz2498 MHz
Number of transistorsno data57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data355 Watt
Texture fill rateno data959.2
Floating-point processing powerno data61.39 TFLOPS
ROPsno data192
TMUsno data384
Ray Tracing Coresno data96

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 x16
Lengthno data287 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-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 dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data24 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data960.0 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 data1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.2
Vulkan-1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 0.34
RX 7900 XTX 80.62
+23612%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 976
RX 7900 XTX 148746
+15140%

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
RX 7900 XTX 211480
+14957%

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
−3500%
252
+3500%
1440p0−1171
4K-0−1105

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.96
1440pno data5.84
4Kno data9.51

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−12000%
242
+12000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−5433%
166
+5433%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−5900%
120−130
+5900%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−11450%
231
+11450%
Hitman 3 4−5
−3125%
120−130
+3125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−3463%
280−290
+3463%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−8650%
350−400
+8650%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−450%
150−160
+450%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−10900%
330
+10900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−5900%
120−130
+5900%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−10300%
208
+10300%
Hitman 3 4−5
−3125%
120−130
+3125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−3463%
280−290
+3463%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−13275%
535
+13275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−1867%
170−180
+1867%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−450%
150−160
+450%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−4367%
134
+4367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−5900%
120−130
+5900%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−9850%
199
+9850%
Hitman 3 4−5
−3125%
120−130
+3125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−4975%
406
+4975%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−11675%
471
+11675%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−3211%
298
+3211%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−464%
158
+464%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 141
Hitman 3 6−7
−1867%
110−120
+1867%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−16300%
328
+16300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−6100%
120−130
+6100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−10900%
110
+10900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 107

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−4650%
95−100
+4650%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 283
+0%
283
+0%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 241
+0%
241
+0%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 210
+0%
210
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 295
+0%
295
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 132
+0%
132
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 171
+0%
171
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Metro Exodus 146
+0%
146
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 360
+0%
360
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 238
+0%
238
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Hitman 3 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 182
+0%
182
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 71
+0%
71
+0%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 227
+0%
227
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 197
+0%
197
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 103
+0%
103
+0%

This is how HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and RX 7900 XTX compete in popular games:

  • RX 7900 XTX is 3500% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 7900 XTX is 16300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 7900 XTX is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
  • there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.34 80.62
Recency 1 May 2011 3 November 2022
Chip lithography 32 nm 5 nm

RX 7900 XTX has a 23611.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 540% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX 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 Radeon RX 7900 XTX is a desktop 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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