Intel HD Graphics 400 vs NVIDIA GeForce 800A

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Combined performance score

GeForce 800A
1.23
+9.8%

GeForce 800A outperforms HD Graphics 400 by 10% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking10021037
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)
GPU code nameGF119Braswell GT1
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 March 2014 (10 years old)1 April 2015 (8 years old)
Current priceno data$710
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4896
Core clock speed475 MHz320 MHz
Boost clock speedno data640 MHz
Number of transistors292 million189 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt
Texture fill rate3.8007.680
Floating-point performance141.7 gflops134.4 gflops

Size and 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 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x1
Widthno dataIGP

Memory

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 typeDDR3DDR3L
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1800 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/sno data

Video outputs and ports

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 support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.3
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.1.80
CUDA2.1no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.23 1.12
Recency 17 March 2014 1 April 2015
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce 800A and HD Graphics 400. The differences in performance seem too small.


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