HD Graphics 400 vs Radeon HD 8280E

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 8280E and HD Graphics 400, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 8280E
2013
15 Watt
0.66

HD Graphics 400 outperforms HD 8280E by an impressive 71% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking11771070
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.1713.59
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)
GPU code nameKalindiBraswell GT1
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date23 April 2013 (11 years ago)1 April 2015 (9 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 cores12896
Core clock speed450 MHz320 MHz
Boost clock speedno data640 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 million189 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt
Texture fill rate3.6007.680
Floating-point processing power0.1152 TFLOPS0.1229 TFLOPS
ROPs42
TMUs812

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x1
WidthIGPIGP

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 SharedDDR3L
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared

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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.64.3
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.80

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 0.66 1.13
Recency 23 April 2013 1 April 2015
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

HD Graphics 400 has a 71.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

The HD Graphics 400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8280E in performance tests.


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