GeForce FX 5900 Ultra vs HD Graphics 400

Place in the ranking	1079	1446
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	13.04	0.13
Architecture	Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	Braswell GT1	NV35
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 April 2015 (9 years ago)	23 October 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$499

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	96	no data
Core clock speed	320 MHz	450 MHz
Boost clock speed	600 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	189 million	135 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	59 Watt
Texture fill rate	7.200	3.600
Floating-point processing power	0.1152 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	2	4
TMUs	12	8

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).

Interface	Ring Bus	AGP 8x
Length	no data	218 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x Molex

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	DDR3L	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	425 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	27.2 GB/s
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

Portable Device Dependent

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	9.0a
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.3	1.5 (2.1)
OpenCL	3.0	N/A
Vulkan	+	N/A

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	0.11
Recency	1 April 2015	23 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	59 Watt

HD Graphics 400 has a 927.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 883.3% lower power consumption.

The HD Graphics 400 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce FX 5900 Ultra in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 400 is a notebook card while GeForce FX 5900 Ultra is a desktop one.

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