Quadro4 980 XGL vs HD Graphics (Braswell)

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1190not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 8 (2015−2016)Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code nameBraswellNV28 A2
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)12 November 2002 (21 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 cores16no data
Core clock speed320 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed700 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data36 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm150 nm
Texture fill rateno data2.400
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data8

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).

Interfaceno dataAGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataDDR
Maximum RAM amountno data128 MB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data325 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data10.4 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 Connectorsno data2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.28.1
OpenGLno data1.3
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2015 12 November 2002
Chip lithography 14 nm 150 nm

HD Graphics (Braswell) has an age advantage of 12 years, and a 971.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics (Braswell) and Quadro4 980 XGL. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics (Braswell) is a notebook card while Quadro4 980 XGL is a workstation one.


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