GeForce GTX 1660 vs HD Graphics 400

Place in performance ranking	1042	170
Place by popularity	not in top-100	47
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	24.96
Architecture	Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Braswell GT1	Turing TU116
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 April 2015 (9 years ago)	14 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$219
Current price	$710	$252 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD Graphics 400 and GTX 1660 have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	1408
Core clock speed	320 MHz	1530 MHz
Boost clock speed	640 MHz	1785 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	7.680	157.1
Floating-point performance	134.4 gflops	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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	229 mm
Width	IGP	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-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 type	DDR3L	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	192.1 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 Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.80	1.2.131
CUDA	no data	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD Graphics 400 1.13

GTX 1660 30.26
+2578%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms HD Graphics 400 by 2578% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD Graphics 400 450

GTX 1660 14055
+3023%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms HD Graphics 400 by 3023% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 HD	3−4 −2700%	84 +2700%
1440p	1−2 −4900%	50 +4900%
4K	1−2 −2600%	27 +2600%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

71
−2576%

1900−1950

+2576%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 −2489%	1450−1500 +2489%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	59 −2527%	1550−1600 +2527%
Battlefield 5	95−100 −2577%	2650−2700 +2577%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	73 −2571%	1950−2000 +2571%
Cyberpunk 2077	58 −2572%	1550−1600 +2572%
Far Cry 5	65−70 −2547%	1800−1850 +2547%
Far Cry New Dawn	75−80 −2562%	2050−2100 +2562%
Forza Horizon 4	132 −2552%	3500−3550 +2552%
Hitman 3	69 −2509%	1800−1850 +2509%
Horizon Zero Dawn	172 −2574%	4600−4650 +2574%
Metro Exodus	144 −2574%	3850−3900 +2574%
Red Dead Redemption 2	112 −2534%	2950−3000 +2534%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	132 −2552%	3500−3550 +2552%
Watch Dogs: Legion	78 −2528%	2050−2100 +2528%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 −2489%	1450−1500 +2489%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	42 −2519%	1100−1150 +2519%
Battlefield 5	95−100 −2577%	2650−2700 +2577%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	67 −2512%	1750−1800 +2512%
Cyberpunk 2077	47 −2560%	1250−1300 +2560%
Far Cry 5	65−70 −2547%	1800−1850 +2547%
Far Cry New Dawn	75−80 −2562%	2050−2100 +2562%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −2540%	3300−3350 +2540%
Hitman 3	56 −2489%	1450−1500 +2489%
Horizon Zero Dawn	287 −2566%	7650−7700 +2566%
Metro Exodus	100 −2550%	2650−2700 +2550%
Red Dead Redemption 2	90 −2567%	2400−2450 +2567%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	110 −2536%	2900−2950 +2536%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	102 −2547%	2700−2750 +2547%
Watch Dogs: Legion	214 −2564%	5700−5750 +2564%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 −2489%	1450−1500 +2489%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	37 −2468%	950−1000 +2468%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	49 −2553%	1300−1350 +2553%
Cyberpunk 2077	40 −2525%	1050−1100 +2525%
Far Cry 5	65−70 −2547%	1800−1850 +2547%
Forza Horizon 4	98 −2553%	2600−2650 +2553%
Horizon Zero Dawn	93 −2534%	2450−2500 +2534%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	95 −2532%	2500−2550 +2532%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	57 −2532%	1500−1550 +2532%
Watch Dogs: Legion	29 −2486%	750−800 +2486%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

81
−2554%

2150−2200

+2554%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 −2532%	1500−1550 +2532%
Far Cry New Dawn	77 −2562%	2050−2100 +2562%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 −2556%	850−900 +2556%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27 −2493%	700−750 +2493%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	51 −2547%	1350−1400 +2547%
Cyberpunk 2077	24 −2400%	600−650 +2400%
Far Cry 5	59 −2527%	1550−1600 +2527%
Forza Horizon 4	76 −2532%	2000−2050 +2532%
Hitman 3	39 −2464%	1000−1050 +2464%
Horizon Zero Dawn	67 −2512%	1750−1800 +2512%
Metro Exodus	59 −2527%	1550−1600 +2527%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	67 −2512%	1750−1800 +2512%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −2525%	1050−1100 +2525%
Watch Dogs: Legion	19 −2532%	500−550 +2532%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

53
−2542%

1400−1450

+2542%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−33 −2567%	800−850 +2567%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −2400%	600−650 +2400%
Hitman 3	21 −2519%	550−600 +2519%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −2539%	950−1000 +2539%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24 −2400%	600−650 +2400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35 −2471%	900−950 +2471%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −2532%	500−550 +2532%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	15 −2567%	400−450 +2567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	17 −2547%	450−500 +2547%
Cyberpunk 2077	10 −2500%	260−270 +2500%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −2547%	450−500 +2547%
Forza Horizon 4	50 −2500%	1300−1350 +2500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	38 −2532%	1000−1050 +2532%
Metro Exodus	31 −2481%	800−850 +2481%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12 −2400%	300−310 +2400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

−2400%

650−700
+2400%

This is how HD Graphics 400 and GTX 1660 compete in popular games:

GTX 1660 is 2700% faster in 1080p
GTX 1660 is 4900% faster in 1440p
GTX 1660 is 2600% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.13	30.26
Recency	1 April 2015	14 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	120 Watt