VIA S3G UniChrome Pro vs HD Graphics

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1159not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)no data
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1Zoetrope
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 April 2012 (12 years ago)1 July 2004 (20 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 cores483
Core clock speed650 MHz2 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHzno data
Number of transistors392 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology22 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattno data
Texture fill rate6.300no data
Floating-point processing power0.1008 TFLOPSno data
ROPs1no data
TMUs6no data

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 x16no data
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 Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
Shared memoryno 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 outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)no data
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.0no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.80-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2012 1 July 2004

HD Graphics has an age advantage of 7 years.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics and VIA S3G UniChrome Pro. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics is a desktop card while VIA S3G UniChrome Pro is a notebook one.


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