HD Graphics 400 vs GeForce GTS 250

Place in the ranking	970	1075
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.09	no data
Power efficiency	0.72	13.13
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)
GPU code name	G92B	Braswell GT1
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	4 March 2009 (15 years ago)	1 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	96
Core clock speed	738 MHz	320 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	600 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	189 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	6 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	44.93	7.200
Floating-point processing power	0.3871 TFLOPS	0.1152 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	2
TMUs	64	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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	Ring Bus
Length	229 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	-

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	1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB/s	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	Two Dual Link DVI	Portable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	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	3.0	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.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.54	1.13
Recency	4 March 2009	1 April 2015
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	6 Watt

GTS 250 has a 36.3% higher aggregate performance score.

HD Graphics 400, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 292.9% more advanced lithography process, and 2400% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTS 250 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 400 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTS 250 is a desktop card while HD Graphics 400 is a notebook one.

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