GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs HD Graphics 400

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics 400 and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD Graphics 400
2015
8 GB DDR3L, 6 Watt
1.13

GTX 1050 3 GB outperforms HD Graphics 400 by a whopping 1071% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1070381
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.5912.73
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameBraswell GT1GP107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)21 May 2018 (6 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 cores96768
Core clock speed320 MHz1392 MHz
Boost clock speed640 MHz1518 MHz
Number of transistors189 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate7.68072.86
Floating-point processing power0.1229 TFLOPS2.332 TFLOPS
ROPs224
TMUs1248

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x1PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
WidthIGP2-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 typeDDR3LGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB3 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared96 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1752 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data84.1 GB/s

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 outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.1.801.2.131
CUDA-6.1

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 13.23
Recency 1 April 2015 21 May 2018
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 75 Watt

HD Graphics 400 has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 1150% lower power consumption.

GTX 1050 3 GB, on the other hand, has a 1070.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 3 years.

The GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 400 in performance tests.


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