HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) vs HD Graphics (Broadwell)

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking1075not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.02no data
ArchitectureGen. 8 Broadwell (2014−2015)Gen. 8 (2015−2016)
GPU code nameBroadwell GT1Braswell
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 January 2015 (9 years old)1 April 2016 (7 years old)
Current price$437 no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1212
Core clock speed100 MHz320 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHz640 MHz
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm

Memory

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 bus width64/128 Bit64/128 Bit
Shared memory++

Technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (FL 11_1)11.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD Graphics (Broadwell) 641
+83.7%
HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) 349

HD Graphics (Broadwell) outperforms HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) by 84% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD Graphics (Broadwell) 463
+112%
HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) 218

HD Graphics (Broadwell) outperforms HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) by 112% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD Graphics (Broadwell) 4015
+118%
HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) 1841

HD Graphics (Broadwell) outperforms HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) by 118% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 5 January 2015 1 April 2016

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics (Broadwell) and HD Graphics 400 (Braswell). We've got no test results to judge.


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