GeForce RTX 5090 vs HD Graphics 400

Place in the ranking	1087	1
Place by popularity	not in top-100	59
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	11.23
Power efficiency	13.01	12.46
Architecture	Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	Braswell GT1	GB202
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 April 2015 (9 years ago)	30 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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	21760
Core clock speed	320 MHz	2017 MHz
Boost clock speed	600 MHz	2407 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	92,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	575 Watt
Texture fill rate	7.200	1,637
Floating-point processing power	0.1152 TFLOPS	104.8 TFLOPS
ROPs	2	176
TMUs	12	680
Tensor Cores	no data	680
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	170

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	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-pin

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	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	32 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	1.79 TB/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 Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.8
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.4
CUDA	-	10.1

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	2−3 −10250%	207 +10250%
1440p	2−3 −9100%	184 +9100%
4K	1−2 −14000%	141 +14000%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	9.66
1440p	no data	10.86
4K	no data	14.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2

210−220

+0%

210−220

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	300−350 +0%	300−350 +0%
Metro Exodus	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Valorant	800−850 +0%	800−850 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Dota 2	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Far Cry 5	159 +0%	159 +0%
Fortnite	300−350 +0%	300−350 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	300−350 +0%	300−350 +0%
Metro Exodus	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Valorant	800−850 +0%	800−850 +0%
World of Tanks	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	202 +0%	202 +0%
Far Cry 5	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	300−350 +0%	300−350 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Valorant	800−850 +0%	800−850 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	183 +0%	183 +0%
Dota 2	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
World of Tanks	500−550 +0%	500−550 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Far Cry 5	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	230−240 +0%	230−240 +0%
Metro Exodus	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Valorant	550−600 +0%	550−600 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	174 +0%	174 +0%
Dota 2	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Metro Exodus	167 +0%	167 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	55 +0%	55 +0%
Far Cry 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Fortnite	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Valorant	350−400 +0%	350−400 +0%

This is how HD Graphics 400 and RTX 5090 compete in popular games:

RTX 5090 is 10250% faster in 1080p
RTX 5090 is 9100% faster in 1440p
RTX 5090 is 14000% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 45 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.09	100.00
Recency	1 April 2015	30 January 2025
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	32 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	575 Watt

HD Graphics 400 has 9483.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 5090, on the other hand, has a 9074.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5090 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 400 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 400 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5090 is a desktop one.

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