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Along with the recent "Haswell" 4th-generation Core processors, Intel also introduced no less than SIX variations of Intel HD Graphics. Although I know the 'Iris' 5000-series are much better performers than the lesser 4000-series, it has still been very confusing to me and pretty much everyone else! Trying to figure out why one version comes with a certain processor while a seemingly lesser processor might have a better version of the Intel graphics.....it was really driving me nuts!
I no longer felt very confident making purchase and/or performance recommendations to folks on here and other tech sites because of my confusion. So I finally decided that I was going to try to figure out the basic differences and logic behind it all today (or as much as I could learn before throwing my Dell Latitude 6430u accross the room in a fit of rage)! =)
Said 6430u is thankfully intact and here's what I have to share. If any of the info is incorrect, please let me know and share the correct info and a link to support your info would also be great!
Intel Graphics available with HASWELL processors
Intel HD Graphics 4200- will be paired with ULV (11.5W) Y-series processors, 20EUs @ 200-850MHz
Intel HD Graphics 4400- used with 15W U-series, 20EUs @ 200-1000/1100MHz
Intel HD Graphics 4600- used with 37W M-series processors 20EUs @ 400-1100/1250/1350MHz
Intel HD Graphics 5000- used with 15W U-series exclusive to MacBook Air 11/13 so far, 40EUs @ 200-1100MHz
Intel Iris Graphics 5100- used with 28W LV U-series processors (4th digit of processor model is an 8, such as i5-4258U), 40EUs @ 200-1100MHz
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200- 40EUs @ 200-1300MHz + 128mb eDRAM cache paired with top-level 47W quad-core i7 models
Intel HD Graphics variants paired with various HASWELL processors- kinda figured it out!?!?
Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by allfiredup, Oct 30, 2013.
