HD Graphics 505 vs GeForce GTX 750

Place in performance ranking	460	1090
Place by popularity	84	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.83	0.06
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Gen. 9 Apollo Lake (2016−2017)
GPU code name	GM107	Apollo Lake
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	18 February 2014 (10 years ago)	1 September 2016 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$119	no data
Current price	$340 (2.9x MSRP)	$659

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 750 has 1283% better value for money than HD Graphics 505.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	512	18
CUDA cores	512	no data
Core clock speed	1020 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz	750 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	189 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	10 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	95 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	34.72	11.70
Floating-point performance	1,111 gflops	230.4 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 750 and HD Graphics 505 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x1
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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/LPDDR3/LPDDR4
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5.0 GB/s	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	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	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One mini-HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	3 displays	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
3D Vision	+	no data
3D Vision Live	+	no data
Quick Sync	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.1.97
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

GTX 750 8.66
+907%

HD Graphics 505 0.86

GeForce GTX 750 outperforms HD Graphics 505 by 907% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 750 3353
+847%

HD Graphics 505 354

GeForce GTX 750 outperforms HD Graphics 505 by 847% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 750 3970
+873%

HD Graphics 505 408

GeForce GTX 750 outperforms HD Graphics 505 by 873% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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

90−95
+900%

−900%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.66	0.86
Recency	18 February 2014	1 September 2016
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	10 Watt