HD Graphics 400 vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 5600 XT with HD Graphics 400, including specs and performance data.

RX 5600 XT
2020
6 GB GDDR6, 150 Watt
35.27
+3021%

RX 5600 XT outperforms HD Graphics 400 by a whopping 3021% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1431078
Place by popularity90not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation54.80no data
Power efficiency16.1312.92
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)
GPU code nameNavi 10Braswell GT1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date21 January 2020 (4 years ago)1 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$279 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores230496
Core clock speed1130 MHz320 MHz
Boost clock speed1560 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors10,300 million189 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt6 Watt
Texture fill rate224.67.200
Floating-point processing power7.188 TFLOPS0.1152 TFLOPS
ROPs642
TMUs14412

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16Ring Bus
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6DDR3L
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed14000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/sno 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.55.1
OpenGL4.64.3
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.131+

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.

RX 5600 XT 35.27
+3021%
HD Graphics 400 1.13

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.

RX 5600 XT 22058
+4802%
HD Graphics 400 450

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 HD107
+3467%
3−4
−3467%
1440p61
+6000%
1−2
−6000%
4K36
+3500%
1−2
−3500%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.61no data
1440p4.57no data
4K7.75no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 83
+4050%
2−3
−4050%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75−80
+3700%
2−3
−3700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 92
+4500%
2−3
−4500%
Battlefield 5 110−120
+3700%
3−4
−3700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 104
+3367%
3−4
−3367%
Cyberpunk 2077 74
+3600%
2−3
−3600%
Far Cry 5 75−80
+3800%
2−3
−3800%
Far Cry New Dawn 85−90
+4350%
2−3
−4350%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+3520%
5−6
−3520%
Hitman 3 83
+4050%
2−3
−4050%
Horizon Zero Dawn 275
+3338%
8−9
−3338%
Metro Exodus 144
+3500%
4−5
−3500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 112
+3633%
3−4
−3633%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
+3075%
4−5
−3075%
Watch Dogs: Legion 262
+3175%
8−9
−3175%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 173
+3360%
5−6
−3360%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 76
+3700%
2−3
−3700%
Battlefield 5 110−120
+3700%
3−4
−3700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 98
+3167%
3−4
−3167%
Cyberpunk 2077 63
+3050%
2−3
−3050%
Far Cry 5 75−80
+3800%
2−3
−3800%
Far Cry New Dawn 85−90
+4350%
2−3
−4350%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+3520%
5−6
−3520%
Hitman 3 83
+4050%
2−3
−4050%
Horizon Zero Dawn 272
+3300%
8−9
−3300%
Metro Exodus 140
+3400%
4−5
−3400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 94
+3033%
3−4
−3033%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 158
+3060%
5−6
−3060%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75
+3600%
2−3
−3600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 248
+3443%
7−8
−3443%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75−80
+3700%
2−3
−3700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 62
+6100%
1−2
−6100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 79
+3850%
2−3
−3850%
Cyberpunk 2077 54
+5300%
1−2
−5300%
Far Cry 5 75−80
+3800%
2−3
−3800%
Forza Horizon 4 138
+3350%
4−5
−3350%
Hitman 3 77
+3750%
2−3
−3750%
Horizon Zero Dawn 115
+3733%
3−4
−3733%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 141
+3425%
4−5
−3425%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 84
+4100%
2−3
−4100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35
+3400%
1−2
−3400%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 88
+4300%
2−3
−4300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
+3250%
2−3
−3250%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+5300%
1−2
−5300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+3700%
1−2
−3700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45
+4400%
1−2
−4400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 62
+6100%
1−2
−6100%
Cyberpunk 2077 30 0−1
Far Cry 5 40−45
+4000%
1−2
−4000%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
+3267%
6−7
−3267%
Hitman 3 52
+5100%
1−2
−5100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 89
+4350%
2−3
−4350%
Metro Exodus 88
+4300%
2−3
−4300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 97
+3133%
3−4
−3133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+4800%
1−2
−4800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 242
+3357%
7−8
−3357%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 69
+3350%
2−3
−3350%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+3400%
1−2
−3400%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30 0−1
Hitman 3 36
+3500%
1−2
−3500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 107
+3467%
3−4
−3467%
Metro Exodus 51
+5000%
1−2
−5000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 46
+4500%
1−2
−4500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 37
+3600%
1−2
−3600%
Cyberpunk 2077 12 0−1
Far Cry 5 20−22 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 70
+3400%
2−3
−3400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 57
+5600%
1−2
−5600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 11 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 39
+3800%
1−2
−3800%

This is how RX 5600 XT and HD Graphics 400 compete in popular games:

  • RX 5600 XT is 3467% faster in 1080p
  • RX 5600 XT is 6000% faster in 1440p
  • RX 5600 XT is 3500% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 35.27 1.13
Recency 21 January 2020 1 April 2015
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 6 Watt

RX 5600 XT has a 3021.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

HD Graphics 400, on the other hand, has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 2400% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 400 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5600 XT is a desktop card while HD Graphics 400 is a notebook one.


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