Intel HD Graphics (Braswell) vs Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Intel HD Graphics (Braswell)

The Intel HD Graphics (Braswell) is an integrated graphics card in the low end SoCs of the Braswell series (e.g. Pentium N3700). It is based on the same architecture as the integrated GPU of the Broadwell graphics cards (e.g. HD Graphics 5300), but offers less shader cores and slower clock speeds.

The performance depends on the processor. The fastest models offer 16 EUs (shader cores) at 400 - 700 MHz. It should be about twice as fast as the old HD Graphics in Bay Trail SoCs. At the time of announcement in Q1 2015 the following models exist:

Pentium N3700: 16 EUs @ 400 - 700 MHz, Dual-Channel Memory
Celeron N3150: 12 EUs @ 320 - 640 MHz, Dual-Channel Memory
Celeron N3050: 12 EUs @ 320 - 600 MHz, Dual-Channel Memory
Celeron N3000: 12 EUs @ 320 - 600 MHz, Dual-Channel Memory

In the first CPUs the graphics card was only called Intel HD Graphics. Later (e.g. in the Celeron N3060) Intel renamed it to Intel HD Graphics 400 (Celeron with 12 EUs) and Intel HD Graphics 405 (Pentium with 16 EUs).

Gaming performance ist still only suited for older or less demanding games. Often also the processor is limited gaming performance (e.g. in the dual-core N3000).

The SoC also integrates a video decoding engine that should be able to handle 4K H.265 videos.

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

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The Intel HD Graphics (Family) is a processor graphics card which is integrated in the cheap Celeron and Pentium model of the Sandy Bridge generation. It is similar to the Intel HD Graphics 2000 and not with the processor graphics of the older Arrandale dual-core processors (which bears the same name).

Depending on the processor, the HD graphics offers a different base and Turbo Boost clock speed. Currently there are three different models:

Power Saving e.g. Celeron 847: base 350MHz, Turbo 800MHz
Celeron e.g. Celeron B810: base 650MHz, Turbo 950MHz
Pentium e.g. Pentium B950: base 650MHz, Turbo 1100MHz

Furthermore, the slow CPU performance of some models may influence the games a lot. For example, although the GPU in the Celeron B710 differs not much from the Pentium B950, the gaming performance was clearly worse and many games were unplayable.

As the Intel HD Graphics 3000 and 2000, the processor graphics card is able to use part of the last level cache of the processor (2MB usually for the entry level CPUs). This could be seen as a small amount of very fast dedicated memory.

Altought 2x Antialiasing (AA) is supported, the chip is as fast as when rendering 4x AA. In the Unigine Valley benchmark a similar HD 3000 i7-2637M for example reached the same score with 2x AA and 4x AA.

The feature set compared to the HD Graphics 3000 is also reduced in these entry level CPUs. E.g. Intel Quick Sync (for de- and encoding of HD videos), In Tru 3D, Clear Video HD are usually deactivated.

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Intel HD Graphics (Braswell)

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

HD Graphics Series

HD Graphics P530	24 @ 0.35 - 1.05 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 5600	24 @ 0.3 - 1.05 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 6000	48 @ 0.3 - 1 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 4600	20 @ 0.2 - 1.35 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 5500	24 @ 0.3 - 0.95 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 5000	40 @ 0.2 - 1.1 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 4400	20 @ 0.2 - 1.1 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 5300	24 @ 0.1 - 0.9 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 4000	16 @ 0.35 - 1.35 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics (Broadwell)	12 @ 0.1 - 0.85 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 4200	20 @ 0.2 - 0.85 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics (Skylake)	12 @ 0.3 - 0.8 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 405 (Braswell)	16 @ 0.32 - 0.7 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics (Braswell)	16 @ 0.32 - 0.7 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)	12 @ 0.32 - 0.64 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics (Haswell)	10 @ 0.2 - 1 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics (Cherry Trail)	16 @ 0.2 - 0.6 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 3000	12 @ 0.35 - 1.35 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 2500	6 @ 0.65 - 1.15 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)	6 @ 0.35 - 1.1 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 2000	6 @ 0.85 - 1.35 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)	6 @ 0.35 - 1.1 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics (Bay Trail)	4 @ 0.31 - 0.9 GHz	32/64/128 Bit

HD Graphics P530	24 @ 0.35 - 1.05 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 5600	24 @ 0.3 - 1.05 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 6000	48 @ 0.3 - 1 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 4600	20 @ 0.2 - 1.35 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 5500	24 @ 0.3 - 0.95 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 5000	40 @ 0.2 - 1.1 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 4400	20 @ 0.2 - 1.1 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 5300	24 @ 0.1 - 0.9 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 4000	16 @ 0.35 - 1.35 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics (Broadwell)	12 @ 0.1 - 0.85 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 4200	20 @ 0.2 - 0.85 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics (Skylake)	12 @ 0.3 - 0.8 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 405 (Braswell)	16 @ 0.32 - 0.7 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics (Braswell)	16 @ 0.32 - 0.7 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)	12 @ 0.32 - 0.64 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics (Haswell)	10 @ 0.2 - 1 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics (Cherry Trail)	16 @ 0.2 - 0.6 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 3000	12 @ 0.35 - 1.35 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 2500	6 @ 0.65 - 1.15 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)	6 @ 0.35 - 1.1 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 2000	6 @ 0.85 - 1.35 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)	6 @ 0.35 - 1.1 GHz	64/128 Bit
HD Graphics (Bay Trail)	4 @ 0.31 - 0.9 GHz	32/64/128 Bit

Codename

Braswell

Sandy Bridge

Architecture

Gen. 8

Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge

Pipelines

16 - unified

6 - unified

Core Speed

320 - 700 (Boost) MHz

350 - 1100 (Boost) MHz

Memory Bus Width

64/128 Bit

Shared Memory

yes

API

DirectX 11.2, Shader 5.0

DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1

technology

14 nm

32 nm

Date of Announcement

01.04.2015

01.05.2011

Link to Manufacturer Page

www.intel.com

CPU in HD Graphics (Braswell)		GPU Base Speed	GPU Boost / Turbo
Intel Pentium N3700	4 x 1600 MHz, 6 W	400 MHz	700 MHz
Intel Celeron N3160	4 x 1600 MHz, 6 W	320 MHz	640 MHz
Intel Celeron N3150	4 x 1600 MHz, 6 W	320 MHz	640 MHz
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Intel Celeron N3050	2 x 1600 MHz, 6 W	320 MHz	600 MHz
Intel Celeron N3000	2 x 1040 MHz, 4 W	320 MHz	600 MHz
min. - max.		320 - 400 MHz	600 - 700 MHz

CPU in HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)		GPU Base Speed	GPU Boost / Turbo
Intel Pentium G860	2 x 3000 MHz, 65 W	650 MHz	1100 MHz
Intel Pentium B980	2 x 2400 MHz, 35 W	650 - 1100 MHz	? MHz
Intel Pentium B970	2 x 2300 MHz, 35 W	650 MHz	1150 MHz
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Intel Pentium B960	2 x 2200 MHz, 35 W	650 MHz	1100 MHz
Intel Pentium B950	2 x 2100 MHz, 35 W	650 MHz	1100 MHz
Intel Pentium B940	2 x 2000 MHz, 35 W	650 MHz	1100 MHz
Intel Celeron B840	2 x 1900 MHz, 35 W	650 MHz	950 MHz
Intel Celeron B830	2 x 1800 MHz, 35 W	650 MHz	950 MHz
Intel Celeron B820	2 x 1700 MHz, 35 W	650 MHz	1050 MHz
Intel Celeron B815	2 x 1600 MHz, 35 W	650 MHz	1050 MHz
Intel Celeron B810	2 x 1600 MHz, 35 W	650 MHz	950 MHz
Intel Pentium 997	2 x 1600 MHz, 17 W	350 MHz	1000 MHz
Intel Pentium 987	2 x 1500 MHz, 17 W	350 MHz	1000 MHz
Intel Celeron 887	2 x 1500 MHz, 17 W	350 MHz	1000 MHz
Intel Celeron B800	2 x 1500 MHz, 35 W	650 MHz	1000 MHz
Intel Pentium 977	2 x 1400 MHz, 17 W	350 MHz	1000 MHz
Intel Celeron 877	2 x 1400 MHz, 17 W	350 MHz	1000 MHz
Intel Pentium 967	2 x 1300 MHz, 17 W	350 MHz	1000 MHz
Intel Celeron 867	2 x 1300 MHz, 17 W	350 MHz	1000 MHz
Intel Pentium 957	2 x 1200 MHz, 17 W	350 MHz	800 MHz
Intel Celeron B730	1 x 1800 MHz, 35 W	650 MHz	1000 MHz
Intel Celeron 847	2 x 1100 MHz, 17 W	350 MHz	800 MHz
Intel Celeron 807	1 x 1500 MHz, 17 W	350 MHz	950 MHz
Intel Celeron B720	1 x 1700 MHz, 35 W	650 MHz	1000 MHz
Intel Celeron B710	1 x 1600 MHz, 35 W	650 MHz	1000 MHz
Intel Celeron 797	1 x 1400 MHz, 35 W	350 MHz	950 MHz
min. - max.		320 - 650 - 1100 MHz	800 - 1150 MHz