GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB vs HD Graphics 405

Place in the ranking	1159	97
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	8.31	15.51
Architecture	Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Braswell GT1	TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 April 2015 (9 years ago)	7 December 2021 (2 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	128	2176
Core clock speed	200 MHz	1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	600 MHz	1650 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	184 Watt
Texture fill rate	9.600	224.4
Floating-point processing power	0.1536 TFLOPS	7.181 TFLOPS
ROPs	2	48
TMUs	16	136
Tensor Cores	no data	272
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	34

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 3.0 x16
Length	no data	229 mm
Width	IGP	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-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	System Shared	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	12 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	336.0 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 Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	-	+

API 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	6.6
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
CUDA	-	7.5

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

−5525%

900−950
+5525%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
−5567%

170−180

+5567%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −5400%	220−230 +5400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −5567%	170−180 +5567%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −5567%	170−180 +5567%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −5400%	55−60 +5400%
Hitman 3	5−6 −5500%	280−290 +5500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −5355%	600−650 +5355%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −4900%	300−310 +4900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −5545%	1750−1800 +5545%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −5400%	220−230 +5400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −5567%	170−180 +5567%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −5567%	170−180 +5567%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −5400%	55−60 +5400%
Hitman 3	5−6 −5500%	280−290 +5500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −5355%	600−650 +5355%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −4900%	300−310 +4900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −5400%	550−600 +5400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −5545%	1750−1800 +5545%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −5400%	220−230 +5400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −5567%	170−180 +5567%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −5567%	170−180 +5567%
Hitman 3	5−6 −5500%	280−290 +5500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −5355%	600−650 +5355%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −4900%	300−310 +4900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −5400%	550−600 +5400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −5545%	1750−1800 +5545%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−5400%

55−60
+5400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −5400%	55−60 +5400%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5400%	55−60 +5400%
Hitman 3	6−7 −4900%	300−310 +4900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −5567%	170−180 +5567%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −5400%	110−120 +5400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
−5567%

170−180

+5567%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −5400%	55−60 +5400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3
−5400%

110−120

+5400%

This is how HD Graphics 405 and RTX 2060 12 GB compete in popular games:

RTX 2060 12 GB is 5525% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.72	41.22
Recency	1 April 2015	7 December 2021
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	184 Watt

HD Graphics 405 has 2966.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060 12 GB, on the other hand, has a 5625% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 405 in performance tests.

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