HD Graphics (Skylake) vs UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 847 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Gen. 12 (2021−2023) | Gen. 9 Skylake (2015) |
| GPU code name | Alder Lake Xe | Skylake GT1 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 3 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores | 24 | 12 |
| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 750 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 14 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 type | no data | DDR3L/LPDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | no data | 64/128 Bit |
| Shared memory | + | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Quick Sync | + | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | 12_1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 January 2023 | 1 September 2015 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 14 nm |
UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) and HD Graphics (Skylake). We've got no test results to judge.
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