GeForce RTX 4090 D vs HD Graphics 405

Place in the ranking	1170	2
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	28.92
Architecture	Gen. 8 (2015−2016)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Braswell	AD102
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 April 2016 (8 years ago)	28 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	16	14592
Core clock speed	320 MHz	2280 MHz
Boost clock speed	700 MHz	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	425 Watt
Texture fill rate	11.20	1,149
Floating-point processing power	0.1792 gflops	no data
ROPs	2	176
TMUs	16	456

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	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	3-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	System Shared	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	24 GB
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	21 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	no data	1,008 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	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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	6.7
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.80	1.3
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.

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

−13233%

2000−2050
+13233%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−13233%

400−450
+13233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −12400%	500−550 +12400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −13233%	400−450 +13233%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −13233%	400−450 +13233%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −12900%	130−140 +12900%
Hitman 3	5−6 −12900%	650−700 +12900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −13082%	1450−1500 +13082%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −13233%	800−850 +13233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −13448%	4200−4250 +13448%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −12400%	500−550 +12400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −13233%	400−450 +13233%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −13233%	400−450 +13233%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −12900%	130−140 +12900%
Hitman 3	5−6 −12900%	650−700 +12900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −13082%	1450−1500 +13082%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −13233%	800−850 +13233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −13400%	1350−1400 +13400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −13448%	4200−4250 +13448%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −12400%	500−550 +12400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −13233%	400−450 +13233%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −13233%	400−450 +13233%
Hitman 3	5−6 −12900%	650−700 +12900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −13082%	1450−1500 +13082%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −13233%	800−850 +13233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −13400%	1350−1400 +13400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −13448%	4200−4250 +13448%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−12900%

130−140
+12900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −12900%	130−140 +12900%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −12900%	130−140 +12900%
Hitman 3	6−7 −13233%	800−850 +13233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −13233%	400−450 +13233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −13400%	270−280 +13400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−13233%

400−450
+13233%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −12900%	130−140 +12900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−13400%

270−280
+13400%

This is how HD Graphics 405 and RTX 4090 D compete in popular games:

RTX 4090 D is 13233% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.72	97.57
Recency	1 April 2016	28 December 2023
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	425 Watt

HD Graphics 405 has 6983.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 D, on the other hand, has a 13451.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 D is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 405 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 405 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4090 D is a desktop one.

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