Radeon RX Vega 2 vs HD Graphics 405

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1159not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.31no data
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameBraswell GT1Vega Raven Ridge
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)7 January 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 cores128128
Core clock speed200 MHzno data
Boost clock speed600 MHz1100 MHz
Number of transistors189 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate9.600no data
Floating-point processing power0.1536 TFLOPSno data
ROPs2no data
TMUs16no 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).

InterfaceRing Busno data
WidthIGPno data

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 Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
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 data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.3no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2015 7 January 2018
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt

HD Graphics 405 has 150% lower power consumption.

RX Vega 2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 405 and Radeon RX Vega 2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 405 is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 2 is a notebook one.


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Intel HD Graphics 405
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
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