Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | Intel HD Graphics Desktop (Ivy Bridge) | Intel Q43 Express Chipset |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3356% | 5180% |
| Hitman 3 | 4395% | 6769% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 3061% | 4729% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 3356% | 5180% |
| FIFA 21 | 1643% | 2564% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 4762% | 7330% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 2958% | 4573% |
| Genshin Impact | 3356% | 5180% |
| The Medium | 4212% | 6489% |
| Far Cry 6 | 4900% | 7540% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Intel HD Graphics Desktop (Ivy Bridge) are significantly better than the Intel Q43 Express Chipset.
The Graphics Desktop was released over three years more recently than the Q43 Express Chipset, and so the Graphics Desktop is likely to have far better driver support, meaning it will be much more optimized and ultimately superior to the Q43 Express Chipset when running the latest games.
Both GPUs exhibit very poor performance, so rather than upgrading from one to the other you should consider looking at more powerful GPUs. Neither of these will be able to run the latest games in any playable way.
The HD Graphics Desktop (Ivy Bridge) and the Q43 Express Chipset have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The Graphics Desktop has 25.6 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the Q43 Express Chipset, which means that the memory performance of the Graphics Desktop is slightly better than the Q43 Express Chipset.
The Graphics Desktop has 6 Shader Processing Units but the Q43 Express Chipset does not have an entry, so the two GPUs cannot be reliably compared in this area.
The HD Graphics Desktop (Ivy Bridge) requires 45 Watts to run but there is no entry for the Q43 Express Chipset.
| Core Speed | 350 MHz | vs |  | 533 MHz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1300 MHz | | vs | - | |
| Architecture | Ivy Bridge | Eaglelake | |||
| OC Potential | None |
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vs | - | |
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 01 Oct 2012 | | vs | 01 Aug 2008 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| Memory | N/A | vs | N/A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz | | vs | - | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | | vs | - | |
| Memory Type | DDR3 | | vs | | DDR3 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 25.6GB/sec | | vs | - | |
| L2 Cache | - | vs | - | ||
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 6 | | vs | - | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 2% | | vs | - | |
| Technology | 22nm | | vs | - | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 1 | | vs | - | |
| Texture Rate | 0.4 GTexel/s | | vs | - | |
| Render Output Units | 1 | | vs | - | |
| Pixel Rate | 0.4 GPixel/s | | vs | - | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 2560x1600 | | vs | - | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 45 Watts | - | |||
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| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 11.1 | | vs | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | 4.0 | |
| Open GL | 4.0 | | vs | 2.1 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | no | vs | no | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | - | - | |||
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| Recommended RAM | 4 GB | - | |||
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1366x768 | | - | ||
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Intel HD Graphics Desktop (Ivy Bridge) are integrated graphics in the budget Celeron and Pentium Ivy Bridge Desktop processors. Their performance depends on the processor they are integrated on, as the latter defines the Base and Boost Clock, as well as on the SYSTEM RAM, which defines the operating memory clock, and whether the GPU accesses a 64-bit or 128-bit memory interface. Best case scenario, the Intel HD Graphics Desktop (Ivy Bridge) perform slightly above the Intel HD 2500 Graphics and so most modern demanding games will have to be played with the lowest settings, while some aren't even playable. | Intel Q43 Express Chipset comes embedded on the Intel Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo CPUS and features an Integrated GPU called Intel GMA X4500. Various Intel Chipsets come with the Intel GMA X4500 but this one (and the Q45) seem to deliver the best performance. However, due to its characteristics (e.g. Shared Memory) the performance is still very limited but might be enough to play today's games at low or medium settings excluding, however, very demanding games like Metro 2033 or The Witcher II, that are probably unplayable, even at the lowest settings. Note 1: Intel GMA X4500 does support DirectX 10 but even the most forgiving games might be unplayable due to the demand level. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | - | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||