RTX 6000 Ada vs HD Graphics 400

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics 400 and RTX 6000 Ada, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD Graphics 400
2015
8 GB DDR3L, 6 Watt
1.13

RTX 6000 Ada outperforms HD Graphics 400 by a whopping 6368% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking108115
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameBraswell GT1AD102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)3 December 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$7,349

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 cores9618176
Core clock speed320 MHzno data
Boost clock speed640 MHz2505 MHz
Number of transistors189 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate7.6801,423
Floating-point processing power0.1229 TFLOPS91.06 TFLOPS
ROPs2192
TMUs12568

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x1PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeDDR3LGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB48 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared384 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared16 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data768.0 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.1.801.3
CUDA-8.9

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 73.09
Recency 1 April 2015 3 December 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 300 Watt

HD Graphics 400 has 4900% lower power consumption.

RTX 6000 Ada, on the other hand, has a 6368.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 6000 Ada is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 400 in performance tests.


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