Iris Plus Graphics vs HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) with Iris Plus Graphics, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
2016
0.45

Iris Plus Graphics outperforms HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) by a whopping 947% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1254659
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data21.53
ArchitectureGen. 8 (2015−2016)Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code nameBraswellIce Lake GT2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 April 2016 (8 years ago)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 cores12512
Core clock speed320 MHzno data
Boost clock speed640 MHz1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology14 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data32.00
Floating-point processing powerno data1.024 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data32

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x1
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeno dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width64/128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.212 (12_1)
OpenGLno data4.6

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 HD8
−900%
80−85
+900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−900%
70−75
+900%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−900%
70−75
+900%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−900%
70−75
+900%
Valorant 27−30
−937%
280−290
+937%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−900%
70−75
+900%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 14−16
−900%
150−160
+900%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Dota 2 10−12
−900%
110−120
+900%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−900%
70−75
+900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−900%
40−45
+900%
Valorant 27−30
−937%
280−290
+937%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−900%
70−75
+900%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Dota 2 10−12
−900%
110−120
+900%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−900%
70−75
+900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−900%
40−45
+900%
Valorant 27−30
−937%
280−290
+937%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 0−1 0−1

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−900%
150−160
+900%
Valorant 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%

This is how HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) and Iris Plus Graphics compete in popular games:

  • Iris Plus Graphics is 900% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.45 4.71
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm

Iris Plus Graphics has a 946.7% higher aggregate performance score, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Iris Plus Graphics is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) is a notebook card while Iris Plus Graphics is a desktop one.

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