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.
HD Graphics Series
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 32 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 01.05.2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Link to Manufacturer Page | www.intel.com |
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Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
specvp11 snx-01 +

* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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.

X-Plane 10.25
2013
F1 2013
2013
Fifa 14
2013
SimCity
2013
Tomb Raider
2013
Dead Space 3
2013
Dishonored
2012
World of Tanks v8
2012
Fifa 13
2012
F1 2012
2012
Guild Wars 2
2012
Counter-Strike: GO
2012
The Secret World
2012
Dirt Showdown
2012
Diablo III
2012
Risen 2: Dark Waters
2012