Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Aggregate performance score
We've compared HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) with Radeon RX 7900 XTX, including specs and performance data.
7900 XTX outperforms HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) by a whopping 22600% 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 | 1363 | 14 |
| Place by popularity | 61 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 42.89 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 16.20 |
| Architecture | Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2026) |
| GPU code name | Sandy Bridge | Navi 31 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 May 2011 (14 years ago) | 3 November 2022 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 1929 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | 2498 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 57,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 355 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 959.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 61.39 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 192 |
| TMUs | no data | 384 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 96 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 3 MB |
| L1 Cache | no data | 3 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 6 MB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 96 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).
| Interface | no data | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 287 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 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 type | no data | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64/128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 2500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 960.0 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 | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | - | + |
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 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
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 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.
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
−3329%
| 240
+3329%
|
| 1440p | 0−1 | 159 |
| 4K | -0−1 | 100 |
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | no data | 4.16 |
| 1440p | no data | 6.28 |
| 4K | no data | 9.99 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−24900%
|
250
+24900%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−4260%
|
218
+4260%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−23900%
|
240
+23900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−8350%
|
338
+8350%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−3620%
|
186
+3620%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−2386%
|
170−180
+2386%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−1685%
|
450−500
+1685%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 10
−2690%
|
270−280
+2690%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−21600%
|
217
+21600%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−1870%
|
197
+1870%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−8150%
|
330
+8150%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−3160%
|
163
+3160%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−2386%
|
170−180
+2386%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−10800%
|
545
+10800%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−1685%
|
450−500
+1685%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−20600%
|
207
+20600%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−1680%
|
178
+1680%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−7275%
|
295
+7275%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−3020%
|
156
+3020%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−2386%
|
170−180
+2386%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−5860%
|
298
+5860%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−1685%
|
450−500
+1685%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4
−8800%
|
267
+8800%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 0−1 | 500−550 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5
−4275%
|
170−180
+4275%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−28900%
|
290
+28900%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−23700%
|
238
+23700%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 0−1 | 150−160 |
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−1229%
|
186
+1229%
|
| Valorant | 2−3
−16350%
|
300−350
+16350%
|
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2
−9500%
|
95−100
+9500%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−3850%
|
75−80
+3850%
|
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 355
+0%
|
355
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 190−200
+0%
|
190−200
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 348
+0%
|
348
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 212
+0%
|
212
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 269
+0%
|
269
+0%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 190−200
+0%
|
190−200
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 339
+0%
|
339
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 205
+0%
|
205
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 254
+0%
|
254
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 175
+0%
|
175
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 239
+0%
|
239
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 190−200
+0%
|
190−200
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 189
+0%
|
189
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
1440p
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 165
+0%
|
165
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 161
+0%
|
161
+0%
|
| Valorant | 450−500
+0%
|
450−500
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 190−200
+0%
|
190−200
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 146
+0%
|
146
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 187
+0%
|
187
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 128
+0%
|
128
+0%
|
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 67
+0%
|
67
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 108
+0%
|
108
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 197
+0%
|
197
+0%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 43
+0%
|
43
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 73
+0%
|
73
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 159
+0%
|
159
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 159
+0%
|
159
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 227
+0%
|
227
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 69
+0%
|
69
+0%
|
This is how HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and RX 7900 XTX compete in popular games:
- RX 7900 XTX is 3329% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 7900 XTX is 28900% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RX 7900 XTX performs better in 30 tests (47%)
- there's a draw in 34 tests (53%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.33 | 74.91 |
| Recency | 1 May 2011 | 3 November 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 5 nm |
RX 7900 XTX has a 22600% 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 graphics card while Radeon RX 7900 XTX is a desktop one.
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