HD Graphics vs FirePro D700

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro D700 with HD Graphics, including specs and performance data.

FirePro D700
2014
6 GB GDDR5, 274 Watt
14.03
+1722%

D700 outperforms HD Graphics by a whopping 1722% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking3711153
Place by popularitynot in top-10084
Power efficiency3.511.51
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Generation 7.0 (2012−2013)
GPU code nameTahitiIvy Bridge GT1
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date18 January 2014 (10 years ago)1 April 2012 (12 years 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 cores204848
Core clock speed850 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1050 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million392 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)274 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate108.86.300
Floating-point processing power3.482 TFLOPS0.1008 TFLOPS
ROPs321
TMUs1286

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length279 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount6 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width384 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1370 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth263.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDINo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)11.1 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.0
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.80

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.03 0.77
Recency 18 January 2014 1 April 2012
Chip lithography 28 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 274 Watt 35 Watt

FirePro D700 has a 1722.1% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.

HD Graphics, on the other hand, has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process, and 682.9% lower power consumption.

The FirePro D700 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D700 is a workstation graphics card while HD Graphics is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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