GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs HD Graphics 405

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics 405 and GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD Graphics 405
2015
6 Watt
0.73

RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms HD Graphics 405 by a whopping 2459% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1165296
Place by popularitynot in top-10020
Power efficiency8.3428.45
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameBraswell GT1GA107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)17 December 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 cores1282048
Core clock speed200 MHz1185 MHz
Boost clock speed600 MHz1477 MHz
Number of transistors189 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate9.60094.53
Floating-point processing power0.1536 TFLOPS6.05 TFLOPS
ROPs232
TMUs1664
Tensor Coresno data256
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfaceRing BusPCIe 3.0 x8

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared4 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data112.0 GB/s
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 Dependent1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA-8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 405 0.73
RTX 2050 Mobile 18.68
+2459%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD Graphics 405 473
RTX 2050 Mobile 12495
+2542%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD Graphics 405 2081
RTX 2050 Mobile 46821
+2150%

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.

HD Graphics 405 255
RTX 2050 Mobile 8965
+3422%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD Graphics 405 2113
RTX 2050 Mobile 58257
+2657%

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 HD15
−180%
42
+180%
1440p1−2
−3300%
34
+3300%
4K0−125

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1533%
49
+1533%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−950%
40−45
+950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1167%
35−40
+1167%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1300%
42
+1300%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−4900%
50−55
+4900%
Hitman 3 5−6
−780%
44
+780%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−727%
90−95
+727%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 50−55
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−917%
60−65
+917%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−184%
85−90
+184%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−950%
40−45
+950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1167%
35−40
+1167%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−900%
30
+900%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−4900%
50−55
+4900%
Hitman 3 5−6
−760%
43
+760%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−727%
90−95
+727%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 50−55
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−933%
62
+933%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−320%
40−45
+320%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−184%
85−90
+184%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−950%
40−45
+950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1167%
35−40
+1167%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−733%
25
+733%
Hitman 3 5−6
−680%
39
+680%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−727%
90−95
+727%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−817%
55
+817%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−230%
33
+230%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+72.2%
18
−72.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 50−55

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−2700%
27−30
+2700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 18−20
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−2100%
21−24
+2100%
Hitman 3 6−7
−267%
21−24
+267%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
−1167%
35−40
+1167%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−5450%
110−120
+5450%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−933%
30−35
+933%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 14−16

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 9−10

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−700%
16−18
+700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 42
+0%
42
+0%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21
+0%
21
+0%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7
+0%
7
+0%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 47
+0%
47
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Hitman 3 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Metro Exodus 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

This is how HD Graphics 405 and RTX 2050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 180% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 3300% faster in 1440p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD Graphics 405 is 72% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2050 Mobile is 5450% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD Graphics 405 is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is ahead in 34 tests (52%)
  • there's a draw in 31 test (47%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.73 18.68
Recency 1 April 2015 17 December 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 45 Watt

HD Graphics 405 has 650% lower power consumption.

RTX 2050 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 2458.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 405 in performance tests.


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