HD Graphics (Skylake) vs Radeon HD 6480G

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1178not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.31no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Gen. 9 Skylake (2015)
GPU code nameSumoSkylake GT1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date14 June 2011 (13 years ago)1 September 2015 (9 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 cores24012
Core clock speed444 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data800 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology32 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattno data
Texture fill rate5.328no data
Floating-point processing power0.2131 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4no data
TMUs12no 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).

InterfaceIGPno 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 SharedDDR3L/LPDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64/128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
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 outputsno data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12_1
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCL1.2no data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 June 2011 1 September 2015
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm

HD Graphics (Skylake) has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6480G and HD Graphics (Skylake). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6480G is a desktop card while HD Graphics (Skylake) is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon HD 6480G
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