ATI Radeon X1300 vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) with Radeon X1300, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
2011
0.34
+127%

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) outperforms ATI X1300 by a whopping 127% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12941419
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameSandy BridgeRV515
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 May 2011 (13 years ago)1 December 2005 (18 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 cores6no data
Core clock speed350 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data107 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm90 nm
Texture fill rateno data1.800
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data4

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 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 dataDDR
Maximum RAM amountno data256 MB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data8 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.19.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno data2.0
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

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
+133%
3−4
−133%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Hitman 3 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+133%
12−14
−133%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Hitman 3 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+133%
12−14
−133%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Hitman 3 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+133%
12−14
−133%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1

This is how HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and ATI X1300 compete in popular games:

  • HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) is 133% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.34 0.15
Recency 1 May 2011 1 December 2005
Chip lithography 32 nm 90 nm

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) has a 126.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 181.3% more advanced lithography process.

The HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X1300 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) is a notebook card while Radeon X1300 is a desktop one.


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