HD Graphics 400 vs HD Graphics 615

Place in the ranking	911	1075
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	26.07	13.13
Architecture	Generation 9.5 (2016−2020)	Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)
GPU code name	Kaby Lake GT2	Braswell GT1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	30 August 2016 (8 years ago)	1 April 2015 (9 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	192	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	320 MHz
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	600 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	189 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm++	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	5 Watt	6 Watt
Texture fill rate	20.40	7.200
Floating-point processing power	0.3264 TFLOPS	0.1152 TFLOPS
ROPs	3	2
TMUs	24	12

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

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/LPDDR3	DDR3L
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	System Shared
Memory clock speed	System Shared	System Shared
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

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD Graphics 615 1.87
+65.5%

HD Graphics 400 1.13

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

HD Graphics 615 853
+89.6%

HD Graphics 400 450

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	14 +75%	8−9 −75%
4K	6 +100%	3−4 −100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5
+100%

2−3

−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Hitman 3	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	25 +78.6%	14−16 −78.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +66.7%	21−24 −66.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Hitman 3	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9 +80%	5−6 −80%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +66.7%	21−24 −66.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Hitman 3	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +66.7%	21−24 −66.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+100%

2−3

−100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
+66.7%

3−4

−66.7%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+200%

1−2

−200%

This is how HD Graphics 615 and HD Graphics 400 compete in popular games:

HD Graphics 615 is 75% faster in 1080p
HD Graphics 615 is 100% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.87	1.13
Recency	30 August 2016	1 April 2015
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	5 Watt	6 Watt

HD Graphics 615 has a 65.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 20% lower power consumption.

The HD Graphics 615 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 400 in performance tests.

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