Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
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.
Manufacturer Intel HD Graphics Series Codename Sandy Bridge Architecture Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge Pipelines 6 - unified Core Speed 350 - 1100 (Boost) MHz Memory Bus Width 64/128 Bit Shared Memory yes DirectX DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1 technology 32 nm Date of Announcement 01.05.2011 Link to Manufacturer Page http://www.intel.com/technology/graphics...
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 » show 23 more 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. 350 - 650 - 1100 MHz 800 - 1150 MHz
Benchmarks 3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 1386 avg: 1452 median: 1451.5 (2%) max: 1517 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 1389 avg: 1405 median: 1404.5 (1%) max: 1420 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 13132 avg: 13747 median: 13746.5 (2%) max: 14361 Points
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3DMark Vantage + 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 737 avg: 932 median: 976 (1%) max: 1057 Points
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3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 581 avg: 736 median: 767.5 (1%) max: 831 Points
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3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 9769 avg: 11443 median: 11429.5 (12%) max: 13145 Points
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3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 2701 avg: 6189 median: 6390 (3%) max: 7772 Points
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3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 2000 avg: 4691 median: 4768 (7%) max: 5917 Points
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings +
min: 2365 avg: 2618 median: 2438 (4%) max: 3050 points
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3DMark 06 - Standard 1366x768 +
3002 Points (5%)
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3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
min: 1027 avg: 2435 median: 2509 (4%) max: 3230 Points
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VIA Chrome9HD -13%
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3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x768 +
2433 Points (4%)
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3DMark 06 - Standard 1024x768 +
3530 Points (6%)
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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
min: 5.3 avg: 5.7 median: 5.5 (1%) max: 7 fps
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SPECviewperf 11 + SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
0.1 fps (0%)
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specvp11 tcvis-02 + SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
0.1 fps (0%)
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specvp11 proe-05 + SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
0.3 fps (1%)
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specvp11 ensight-04 + SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
0.1 fps (0%)
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Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
min: 5.4 avg: 5.7 median: 5.7 (72%) max: 5.8 Points
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Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
min: 3.8 avg: 4.5 median: 4.5 (57%) max: 5.1 Points
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Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 1030 avg: 2571 median: 2577 (12%) max: 3508 points
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Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 2.68 avg: 6.3 median: 6.6 (2%) max: 7.93 fps
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Game Benchmarks The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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13 [X] Compal Barebone Intel Pentium B950 2.1GHz
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14.2 [X] Intel Pentium G860, Intel DZ77GA-70K Desktop, DDR3-1333 Intel Pentium G860 3GHz
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33.1 35 36.2 39.6 41.2 43.9 [X] HP 650-B0Y92EA Intel Pentium B970 2.3GHz
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44.5 51 [X] Compal Barebone Intel Pentium B950 2.1GHz
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52 [X] Intel Pentium G860, Intel DZ77GA-70K Desktop, DDR3-1333 Intel Pentium G860 3GHz
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24 [X] Intel Pentium G860, Intel DZ77GA-70K Desktop, DDR3-1333 Intel Pentium G860 3GHz
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4.7 [X] MSI CR643-B9404CR Intel Pentium B940 2GHz
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