UHD Graphics 730 vs HD Graphics 400

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics 400 with UHD Graphics 730, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics 400
2015
8 GB DDR3L, 6 Watt
1.13

UHD Graphics 730 outperforms HD Graphics 400 by a whopping 268% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1078687
Place by popularitynot in top-10082
Power efficiency12.9119.01
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Generation 12.2 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameBraswell GT1Raptor Lake GT1
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores96192
Core clock speed320 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed600 MHz1550 MHz
Number of transistors189 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate7.20018.60
Floating-point processing power0.1152 TFLOPS0.5952 TFLOPS
ROPs26
TMUs1212

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
Widthno dataIGP

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+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 DependentMotherboard Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan+1.3

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 4.16
Recency 1 April 2015 3 January 2023
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt

HD Graphics 400 has 150% lower power consumption.

UHD Graphics 730, on the other hand, has a 268.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The UHD Graphics 730 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 400 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 400 is a notebook card while UHD Graphics 730 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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