HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) - video card comparison
HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
Architecture
Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)
Gen. 8 (2015−2016)
GPU code name
Sandy Bridge
Braswell
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
May 2011
April 2016
Boost clock speed
1100 MHz
640 MHz
Core clock speed
350 MHz
320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
32 nm
14 nm
Pipelines / CUDA cores
6
12
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
64/128 Bit
Shared memory
+
+
DirectX
10.1
11.2