HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) vs Radeon R7 (Kaveri)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 955 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.1 (2014) | Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011) |
| GPU code name | Kaveri | Sandy Bridge |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 4 June 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 cores | 512 | 6 |
| Core clock speed | 553 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 686 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2410 Million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 32 nm |
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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no 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 bus width | 64/128 Bit | 64/128 Bit |
| Shared memory | + | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) | 10.1 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
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3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution.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.
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Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks.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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 June 2014 | 1 May 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
R7 (Kaveri) has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 (Kaveri) and HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge). We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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