UHD Graphics 770 vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated549
Place by popularitynot in top-10022
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.28
ArchitectureGen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)Alder Lake
GPU code nameSandy BridgeAlder Lake xG
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 May 2011 (13 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price$760 $878

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores632
Core clock speed350 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1100 MHz300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology32 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data26.40

Form factor & compatibility

Information on HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and UHD Graphics 770 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interfaceno dataRing Bus
Widthno dataIGP

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 dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width64/128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno data1550 MHz
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 dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno data1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 976
UHD Graphics 770 2834
+190%

UHD Graphics 770 outperforms HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) by 190% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 1405
UHD Graphics 770 179804
+12702%

UHD Graphics 770 outperforms HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) by 12702% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2011 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 32 nm 10 nm

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and UHD Graphics 770. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) is a notebook card while UHD Graphics 770 is a desktop one.


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