Radeon RX 580X vs HD Graphics 405
Aggregate performance score
We've compared HD Graphics 405 with Radeon RX 580X, including specs and performance data.
580X outperforms HD Graphics 405 by a whopping 2549% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1227 | 337 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 8.79 | 7.55 |
| Architecture | Generation 8.0 (2014−2015) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | Braswell GT1 | Polaris 20 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 April 2015 (10 years ago) | 11 April 2018 (7 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 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 200 MHz | 1257 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 600 MHz | 1340 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 189 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 185 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 9.600 | 193.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1536 TFLOPS | 6.175 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 32 |
| TMUs | 16 | 144 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 576 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 2 MB |
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 | 241 mm |
| Width | no data | 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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 256.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.2.131 |
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 | 15
−2233%
| 350−400
+2233%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−2400%
|
50−55
+2400%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−2400%
|
50−55
+2400%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 1−2
−2300%
|
24−27
+2300%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−2500%
|
130−140
+2500%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−2525%
|
210−220
+2525%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−2486%
|
750−800
+2486%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 20−22
−2400%
|
500−550
+2400%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−2400%
|
50−55
+2400%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
−2400%
|
300−310
+2400%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 1−2
−2300%
|
24−27
+2300%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−2500%
|
130−140
+2500%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
−2300%
|
24−27
+2300%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−2525%
|
210−220
+2525%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−2400%
|
150−160
+2400%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−2486%
|
750−800
+2486%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−2400%
|
50−55
+2400%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
−2400%
|
300−310
+2400%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 1−2
−2300%
|
24−27
+2300%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−2500%
|
130−140
+2500%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−2525%
|
210−220
+2525%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−2400%
|
150−160
+2400%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−2486%
|
750−800
+2486%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4
−2400%
|
75−80
+2400%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 3−4
−2400%
|
75−80
+2400%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−2471%
|
180−190
+2471%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Escape from Tarkov | 2−3
−2400%
|
50−55
+2400%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
−2400%
|
50−55
+2400%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
−2400%
|
50−55
+2400%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 1−2
−2300%
|
24−27
+2300%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−2400%
|
350−400
+2400%
|
| Valorant | 4−5
−2400%
|
100−105
+2400%
|
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
−2400%
|
50−55
+2400%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−2400%
|
50−55
+2400%
|
This is how HD Graphics 405 and RX 580X compete in popular games:
- RX 580X is 2233% faster in 1080p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.68 | 18.01 |
| Recency | 1 April 2015 | 11 April 2018 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 185 Watt |
HD Graphics 405 has 2983.3% lower power consumption.
RX 580X, on the other hand, has a 2548.5% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 3 years.
The Radeon RX 580X is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 405 in performance tests.
Be aware that HD Graphics 405 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 580X is a desktop one.
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