HD Graphics (Braswell) vs UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)

Place in the ranking	642	1193
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Gen. 12 (2021−2023)	Gen. 8 (2015−2016)
GPU code name	Tiger Lake Xe	Braswell
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	11 May 2021 (3 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 cores	32	16
Core clock speed	350 MHz	320 MHz
Boost clock speed	1450 MHz	700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm

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 bus width	no data	64/128 Bit
Shared memory	+	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX

12_1

11.2

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.

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 4.72
+661%

HD Graphics (Braswell) 0.62

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 3168
+702%

HD Graphics (Braswell) 395

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 13644
+823%

HD Graphics (Braswell) 1479

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.

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 2495
+856%

HD Graphics (Braswell) 261

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 15716
+617%

HD Graphics (Braswell) 2193

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 HD	17 +750%	2−3 −750%
1440p	25 +733%	3−4 −733%
4K	12 +1100%	1−2 −1100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

10
+233%

3−4

−233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	11 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Battlefield 5	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +867%	3−4 −867%
Hitman 3	10 +100%	5−6 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +182%	10−12 −182%
Metro Exodus	22 +1000%	2−3 −1000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	15 +1400%	1−2 −1400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +183%	6−7 −183%
Watch Dogs: Legion	47 +56.7%	30−33 −56.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9 +800%	1−2 −800%
Battlefield 5	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +867%	3−4 −867%
Hitman 3	9 +80%	5−6 −80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +182%	10−12 −182%
Metro Exodus	16 +700%	2−3 −700%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17 +183%	6−7 −183%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
Watch Dogs: Legion	43 +43.3%	30−33 −43.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +867%	3−4 −867%
Hitman 3	10−11 +100%	5−6 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10 −10%	10−12 +10%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16 +167%	6−7 −167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8 −25%	10−11 +25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +50%	30−33 −50%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14
+1100%

1−2

−1100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Hitman 3	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Metro Exodus	2−3	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +2900%	1−2 −2900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
+200%

3−4

−200%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Hitman 3	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6	0−1
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
+150%

2−3

−150%

This is how UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) and HD Graphics (Braswell) compete in popular games:

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is 750% faster in 1080p
UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is 733% faster in 1440p
UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is 1100% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is 2900% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD Graphics (Braswell) is 25% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is ahead in 33 tests (94%)
HD Graphics (Braswell) is ahead in 2 tests (6%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.72	0.62
Recency	11 May 2021	1 April 2015
Chip lithography	10 nm	14 nm

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) has a 661.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics (Braswell) in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.