GeForce 6800 GT vs HD Graphics 400

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics 400 with GeForce 6800 GT, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics 400
2015
8 GB DDR3L, 6 Watt
1.13
+205%

HD Graphics 400 outperforms 6800 GT by a whopping 205% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking10781275
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency12.910.38
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameBraswell GT1NV45
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)8 June 2004 (20 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 cores96no data
Core clock speed320 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speed600 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million222 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt67 Watt
Texture fill rate7.2005.600
Floating-point processing power0.1152 TFLOPSno data
ROPs216
TMUs1216

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 typeDDR3LGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount8 GB256 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data32 GB/s
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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.32.1
OpenCL3.0N/A
Vulkan+N/A

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 1.13 0.37
Recency 1 April 2015 8 June 2004
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 67 Watt

HD Graphics 400 has a 205.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 1016.7% lower power consumption.

The HD Graphics 400 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 6800 GT in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 400 is a notebook card while GeForce 6800 GT is a desktop one.


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