UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) vs HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)

Place in the ranking	1241	853
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Gen. 8 (2015−2016)	Gen. 12 (2021−2023)
GPU code name	Braswell	Tiger Lake Xe
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 April 2016 (8 years ago)	30 March 2021 (3 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	12	16
Core clock speed	320 MHz	350 MHz
Boost clock speed	640 MHz	1450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	10 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	64/128 Bit	no data
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

11.2

12_1

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.

HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) 0.45

UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 2.30
+411%

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 Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) 349

UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 1654
+374%

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.

HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) 218

UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 1203
+452%

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.

HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) 1841

UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 7982
+334%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) 20277

UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 64701
+219%

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

−83.3%

11
+83.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−150%

5−6
+150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Hitman 3	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −138%	18−20 +138%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −28.6%	35−40 +28.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Hitman 3	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −138%	18−20 +138%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −175%	11 +175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −44.4%	12−14 +44.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −28.6%	35−40 +28.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Hitman 3	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −138%	18−20 +138%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −250%	14 +250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +80%	5 −80%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −28.6%	35−40 +28.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	1−2
Hitman 3	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−150%

5−6
+150%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−50%

3−4
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

+0%

5−6

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

This is how HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) and UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) compete in popular games:

UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is 83% faster in 1080p

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) is 80% faster.
in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is 250% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) is ahead in 1 test (2%)
UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is ahead in 28 tests (52%)
there's a draw in 25 tests (46%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.45	2.30
Recency	1 April 2016	30 March 2021
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm

UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) has a 411.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) in performance tests.

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