HD Graphics 400 vs FirePro S7000

Place in the ranking	406	1079
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.61	no data
Power efficiency	5.74	13.82
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	Braswell GT1
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	27 August 2012 (12 years ago)	1 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,249	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 cores	1280	96
Core clock speed	950 MHz	320 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	640 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	189 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	6 Watt
Texture fill rate	76.00	7.680
Floating-point processing power	2.432 TFLOPS	0.1229 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	2
TMUs	80	12

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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x1
Length	292 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	IGP
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	DDR3L
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	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 Connectors	1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort count	1	no data
Dual-link DVI support	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.1.80

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	11.73	1.13
Recency	27 August 2012	1 April 2015
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	6 Watt

FirePro S7000 has a 938.1% higher aggregate performance score.

HD Graphics 400, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 5733.3% lower power consumption.

The FirePro S7000 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 400 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro S7000 is a workstation graphics card while HD Graphics 400 is a desktop one.

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