UHD Graphics vs HD Graphics 400

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics 400 and UHD Graphics, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD Graphics 400
2015
8 GB DDR3L, 6 Watt
1.13

UHD Graphics outperforms HD Graphics 400 by a whopping 394% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1078604
Place by popularitynot in top-1007
Power efficiency12.9138.24
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code nameBraswell GT1Jasper Lake GT1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 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 cores96256
Core clock speed320 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speed600 MHz750 MHz
Number of transistors189 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm10 nm+
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate7.20012.00
Floating-point processing power0.1152 TFLOPS0.384 TFLOPS
ROPs28
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 BusRing Bus

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 typeDDR3LSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
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 DependentNo outputs

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
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan+1.2

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 5.58
Recency 1 April 2015 11 January 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 10 Watt

HD Graphics 400 has 66.7% lower power consumption.

UHD Graphics, on the other hand, has a 393.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

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


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