UHD Graphics 32EU vs HD Graphics

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1149not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.52no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)Generation 12.2 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1Alder Lake GT1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 April 2012 (12 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 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 cores48256
Core clock speed650 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz1550 MHz
Number of transistors392 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology22 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate6.30024.80
Floating-point processing power0.1008 TFLOPS0.7936 TFLOPS
ROPs18
TMUs616

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16Ring Bus
WidthIGPno data

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 typeSystem SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared

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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.6
OpenGL4.04.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.801.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2012 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 22 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

HD Graphics has 28.6% lower power consumption.

UHD Graphics 32EU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 120% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics and UHD Graphics 32EU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics is a desktop card while UHD Graphics 32EU is a notebook one.


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