Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs HD Graphics 400

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics 400 with RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics 400
2015
8 GB DDR3L, 6 Watt
1.13
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile
2024
4 GB GDDR6, 35 Watt
27.26
+2312%

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile outperforms HD Graphics 400 by a whopping 2312% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1073200
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.0954.14
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameBraswell GT1AD107
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores962048
Core clock speed320 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speed600 MHz2025 MHz
Number of transistors189 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate7.200129.6
Floating-point processing power0.1152 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs232
TMUs1264
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfaceRing BusPCIe 4.0 x8

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 typeDDR3LGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data128.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA-8.9

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 1.13
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 27.26
+2312%

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 400 450
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 14136
+3041%

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 1.13 27.26
Recency 1 April 2015 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 35 Watt

HD Graphics 400 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 483.3% lower power consumption.

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has a 2312.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 400 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 400 is a notebook graphics card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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