HD Graphics 400 vs GeForce GT 130M

Place in the ranking	1265	1075
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.15	13.13
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)
GPU code name	G96C	Braswell GT1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	8 January 2009 (15 years ago)	1 April 2015 (9 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 cores	32	96
Core clock speed	600 MHz	320 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	600 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	189 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	6 Watt
Texture fill rate	9.600	7.200
Floating-point processing power	0.096 TFLOPS	0.1152 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	144	no data
ROPs	8	2
TMUs	16	12

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	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	Ring Bus
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	2-way	-

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	GDDR3	DDR3L
Maximum RAM amount	Up to 1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	500 (DDR2)/800 (GDDR3) MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	16 (DDR2)/25 (GDDR3)	no 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 Connectors	Single Link DVIDisplayPortVGAHDMIDual Link DVI	Portable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	4.3
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	+
CUDA	+	-

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−150%

5−6
+150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Hitman 3	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −163%	21−24 +163%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −186%	80−85 +186%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Hitman 3	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −163%	21−24 +163%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −186%	80−85 +186%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Hitman 3	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −163%	21−24 +163%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −186%	80−85 +186%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−150%

5−6
+150%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−150%

5−6
+150%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.38	1.13
Recency	8 January 2009	1 April 2015
Chip lithography	55 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	6 Watt

HD Graphics 400 has a 197.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 292.9% more advanced lithography process, and 283.3% lower power consumption.

The HD Graphics 400 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 130M in performance tests.

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