HD Graphics 400 Mobile vs GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 205 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 90 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 24.27 | no data |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2024) | Generation 8.0 (2014−2015) |
| GPU code name | GA106 | Braswell GT1 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 11 May 2021 (3 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 | 2560 | 96 |
| Core clock speed | 735 MHz | 320 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1035 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 13,250 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 6 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 82.80 | 7.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.299 TFLOPS | 0.1152 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 2 |
| TMUs | 80 | 12 |
| Tensor Cores | 80 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 20 | no data |
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 | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | Ring Bus |
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 | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.0 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | + |
| CUDA | 8.6 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 May 2021 | 1 April 2015 |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 6 Watt |
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.
HD Graphics 400 Mobile, on the other hand, has 1150% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile and HD Graphics 400 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is a notebook card while HD Graphics 400 Mobile 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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