HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) vs Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) and HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)
2014
0.93
+210%

R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) outperforms HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) by a whopping 210% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking11001311
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.1 (2014)Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)
GPU code nameBeemaSandy Bridge
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date29 April 2014 (10 years ago)1 May 2011 (13 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 cores1286
Core clock speedno data350 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHz1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology28 nm32 nm

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 bus width64 Bit64/128 Bit
Shared memory++

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)10.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) 0.93
+210%
HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 0.30

  • Other tests
    • 3DMark Vantage Performance
    • 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

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3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution.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.

R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) 2698
+176%
HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 976

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Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks.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.

R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) 3317
+136%
HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 1405

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD6
−16.7%
7
+16.7%

FPS performance in popular games

  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • Full HD
    Epic Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    Epic Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    Epic Preset
Atomic Heart 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Atomic Heart 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Fortnite 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Valorant 30−35
+23.1%
24−27
−23.1%
Atomic Heart 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 24−27
+150%
10
−150%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Dota 2 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%
Fortnite 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Valorant 30−35
+23.1%
24−27
−23.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Dota 2 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Valorant 30−35
+23.1%
24−27
−23.1%
Fortnite 1−2 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Valorant 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1
Fortnite 2−3 0−1
Atomic Heart 0−1 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

This is how R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) and HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) compete in popular games:

  • HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) is 17% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) is 233% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) is ahead in 25 tests (89%)
  • there's a draw in 3 tests (11%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.93 0.30
Recency 29 April 2014 1 May 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm

R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) has a 210% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) in performance tests.

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