HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and GK106 - video card comparison

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

GK106

Architecture

Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)

Kepler (2012−2018)

GPU code name

Sandy Bridge

GK106

Market segment

Laptop

Desktop

Release date

May 2011

-

Boost clock speed

1100 MHz

-

Core clock speed

350 MHz

-

Manufacturing process technology

32 nm

28 nm

Number of transistors

-

2,540 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

6

960

Memory bus width

64/128 Bit

-

Shared memory

+

-

DirectX

10.1

12 (11_0)

CUDA

-

3.0

OpenCL

-

3.0

OpenGL

-

4.6

Shader Model

-

6.5 (5.1)

Vulkan

-

1.2.175

NVENC

-

1st Gen

PureVideo HD

-

VP5