RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell vs HD Graphics 405
Aggregate performance score
We've compared HD Graphics 405 with RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell, including specs and performance data.
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell outperforms HD Graphics 405 by a whopping 11420% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1248 | 8 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 8.90 | 30.82 |
| Architecture | Generation 8.0 (2014−2015) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025−2026) |
| GPU code name | Braswell GT1 | GB203 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 April 2015 (11 years ago) | 18 March 2025 (1 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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 128 | 10496 |
| Core clock speed | 200 MHz | 1635 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 600 MHz | 2407 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 189 million | 45,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 200 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 9.600 | 789.5 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1536 TFLOPS | 50.53 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 112 |
| TMUs | 16 | 328 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 328 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 82 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 10.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 64 MB |
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).
| Interface | Ring Bus | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 16-pin |
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 type | System Shared | GDDR7 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 32 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 896.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | 4x DisplayPort 2.1b |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.4 |
| CUDA | - | 12.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
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 | 15
−11233%
| 1700−1750
+11233%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Atomic Heart | 2−3
−11400%
|
230−240
+11400%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−10900%
|
110−120
+10900%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Atomic Heart | 2−3
−11400%
|
230−240
+11400%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−10900%
|
110−120
+10900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−10900%
|
550−600
+10900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−11150%
|
900−950
+11150%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−11352%
|
3550−3600
+11352%
|
Full HD
High
| Atomic Heart | 2−3
−11400%
|
230−240
+11400%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 20−22
−11400%
|
2300−2350
+11400%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−10900%
|
110−120
+10900%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
−11150%
|
1350−1400
+11150%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−10900%
|
550−600
+10900%
|
| Metro Exodus | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−11150%
|
900−950
+11150%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−10733%
|
650−700
+10733%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−11352%
|
3550−3600
+11352%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−10900%
|
110−120
+10900%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
−11150%
|
1350−1400
+11150%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−10900%
|
550−600
+10900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−11150%
|
900−950
+11150%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−10733%
|
650−700
+10733%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−11352%
|
3550−3600
+11352%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 2−3
−11400%
|
230−240
+11400%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 4−5
−11150%
|
450−500
+11150%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−11329%
|
800−850
+11329%
|
| Valorant | 1−2
−10900%
|
110−120
+10900%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−10900%
|
110−120
+10900%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−10900%
|
110−120
+10900%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 1−2
−10900%
|
110−120
+10900%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−11233%
|
1700−1750
+11233%
|
| Valorant | 6−7
−10733%
|
650−700
+10733%
|
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
−11400%
|
230−240
+11400%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−11400%
|
230−240
+11400%
|
This is how HD Graphics 405 and RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell compete in popular games:
- RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell is 11233% faster in 1080p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.69 | 79.49 |
| Recency | 1 April 2015 | 18 March 2025 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 200 Watt |
HD Graphics 405 has 3233% lower power consumption.
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell, on the other hand, has a 11420% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.
The RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 405 in performance tests.
Be aware that HD Graphics 405 is a notebook graphics card while RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell is a workstation one.
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