UHD Graphics 710 vs HD Graphics (Braswell)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics (Braswell) with UHD Graphics 710, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics (Braswell)
2015
0.62

UHD Graphics 710 outperforms HD Graphics (Braswell) by a whopping 360% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1198790
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data13.03
ArchitectureGen. 8 (2015−2016)Generation 12.2 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameBraswellAlder Lake GT1
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 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 cores16128
Core clock speed320 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed700 MHz1300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology14 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data10.40
Floating-point processing powerno data0.3328 TFLOPS
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 dataRing 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 typeno dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width64/128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.212 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
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.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−350%
18−20
+350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Hitman 3 5−6
−320%
21−24
+320%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−355%
50−55
+355%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−333%
130−140
+333%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−350%
18−20
+350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Hitman 3 5−6
−320%
21−24
+320%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−355%
50−55
+355%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−350%
45−50
+350%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−333%
130−140
+333%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−350%
18−20
+350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
Hitman 3 5−6
−320%
21−24
+320%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−355%
50−55
+355%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−350%
45−50
+350%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−333%
130−140
+333%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Hitman 3 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.62 2.85
Recency 1 April 2015 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm

UHD Graphics 710 has a 359.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The UHD Graphics 710 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics (Braswell) in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics (Braswell) is a notebook card while UHD Graphics 710 is a desktop one.


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