GeForce 7300 GS vs HD Graphics 400

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics 400 with GeForce 7300 GS, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics 400
2015
8 GB DDR3L, 6 Watt
1.13
+465%

HD Graphics 400 outperforms 7300 GS by a whopping 465% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking10781389
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency12.910.60
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameBraswell GT1G72
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)18 January 2006 (18 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 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speed600 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million112 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate7.2001.800
Floating-point processing power0.1152 TFLOPSno data
ROPs22
TMUs124

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 dataNone

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 typeDDR3LDDR2
Maximum RAM amount8 GB256 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared266 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data4.256 GB/s
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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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 0.20
Recency 1 April 2015 18 January 2006
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 23 Watt

HD Graphics 400 has a 465% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 283.3% lower power consumption.

The HD Graphics 400 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 7300 GS in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 400 is a notebook card while GeForce 7300 GS is a desktop one.


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