Data Center GPU Max Subsystem vs HD Graphics (Skylake)

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 9 Skylake (2015−2016)Generation 12.5 (2021−2022)
GPU code nameSkylake GT1Ponte Vecchio
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 September 2015 (8 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price$390 no data

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 cores1216384
Core clock speed300 MHzno data
Boost clock speed800 MHz1600 MHz
Number of transistorsno data100,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data2400 Watt
Texture fill rateno data1,638

Form factor & compatibility

Information on HD Graphics (Skylake) and Data Center GPU Max Subsystem 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 dataPCIe 5.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3HBM2e
Maximum RAM amountno data128 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data3.1 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data3,205 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 dataNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno dataN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2015 10 January 2023
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics (Skylake) and Data Center GPU Max Subsystem. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics (Skylake) is a notebook card while Data Center GPU Max Subsystem is a desktop one.


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