GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile vs HD Graphics 405
Aggregate performance score
We've compared HD Graphics 405 and GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RTX 5050 Mobile outperforms HD Graphics 405 by a whopping 5694% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1208 | 116 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 8.64 | 60.06 |
| Architecture | Generation 8.0 (2014−2015) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | Braswell GT1 | GB207 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 April 2015 (10 years ago) | 24 June 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 128 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 200 MHz | 2235 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 600 MHz | 2520 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 189 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 9.600 | 201.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1536 TFLOPS | 12.9 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 32 |
| TMUs | 16 | 80 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 80 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 20 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | Ring Bus | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 224.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.4 |
| CUDA | - | 12.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 15
−5567%
| 850−900
+5567%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−9200%
|
90−95
+9200%
|
| God of War | 5−6
−1840%
|
95−100
+1840%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−9200%
|
90−95
+9200%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 120−130 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−2960%
|
150−160
+2960%
|
| God of War | 5−6
−1840%
|
95−100
+1840%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−1850%
|
150−160
+1850%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−721%
|
230−240
+721%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 20−22
−1290%
|
270−280
+1290%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−9200%
|
90−95
+9200%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
−5317%
|
650−700
+5317%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 120−130 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−2960%
|
150−160
+2960%
|
| God of War | 5−6
−1840%
|
95−100
+1840%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
−9400%
|
95−100
+9400%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−1850%
|
150−160
+1850%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−2267%
|
140−150
+2267%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−721%
|
230−240
+721%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−9200%
|
90−95
+9200%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
−5317%
|
650−700
+5317%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 120−130 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−2960%
|
150−160
+2960%
|
| God of War | 5−6
−1840%
|
95−100
+1840%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−1850%
|
150−160
+1850%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−2267%
|
140−150
+2267%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−5614%
|
1600−1650
+5614%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4
−3267%
|
100−110
+3267%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 3−4
−9133%
|
270−280
+9133%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−5614%
|
400−450
+5614%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
−5600%
|
110−120
+5600%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 1−2
−10500%
|
100−110
+10500%
|
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−473%
|
85−90
+473%
|
| Valorant | 4−5
−5950%
|
240−250
+5950%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
−2650%
|
55−60
+2650%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3
−2500%
|
50−55
+2500%
|
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 210−220
+0%
|
210−220
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 210−220
+0%
|
210−220
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 120−130
+0%
|
120−130
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 210−220
+0%
|
210−220
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 120−130
+0%
|
120−130
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 80−85
+0%
|
80−85
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
| Valorant | 260−270
+0%
|
260−270
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
| God of War | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
| God of War | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
This is how HD Graphics 405 and RTX 5050 Mobile compete in popular games:
- RTX 5050 Mobile is 5567% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Fortnite, with 1440p resolution and the Epic Preset, the RTX 5050 Mobile is 10500% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RTX 5050 Mobile performs better in 28 tests (50%)
- there's a draw in 28 tests (50%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.68 | 39.40 |
| Recency | 1 April 2015 | 24 June 2025 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 50 Watt |
HD Graphics 405 has 733.3% lower power consumption.
RTX 5050 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 5694.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 405 in performance tests.
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