RTX A5000 Mobile vs HD Graphics (Broadwell)

Aggregate performance score

HD Graphics (Broadwell)
2015
0.96

RTX A5000 Mobile outperforms HD Graphics (Broadwell) by a whopping 4030% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking108099
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
ArchitectureGen. 8 Broadwell (2014−2015)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameBroadwell GT1GA104
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 January 2015 (9 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price$437 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores126144
Core clock speed100 MHz1215 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistorsno data17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data165 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rateno data302.4

Form factor & compatibility

Information on HD Graphics (Broadwell) and RTX A5000 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data16 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data14000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno data1.2
CUDAno data8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 (Broadwell) 0.96
RTX A5000 Mobile 39.65
+4030%

RTX A5000 Mobile outperforms HD Graphics (Broadwell) by 4030% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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
RTX A5000 Mobile 36164
+5542%

RTX A5000 Mobile outperforms HD Graphics (Broadwell) by 5542% 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
RTX A5000 Mobile 27271
+5790%

RTX A5000 Mobile outperforms HD Graphics (Broadwell) by 5790% 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
RTX A5000 Mobile 50154
+1149%

RTX A5000 Mobile outperforms HD Graphics (Broadwell) by 1149% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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 HD2−3
−5050%
103
+5050%
1440p1−2
−6300%
64
+6300%
4K1−2
−5000%
51
+5000%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2233%
70−75
+2233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−4300%
85−90
+4300%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2233%
70−75
+2233%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−1520%
80−85
+1520%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−2900%
120−130
+2900%
Hitman 3 3−4
−4800%
147
+4800%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1408%
181
+1408%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−9400%
95−100
+9400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−2467%
231
+2467%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−4300%
85−90
+4300%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2233%
70−75
+2233%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−1540%
82
+1540%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−2900%
120−130
+2900%
Hitman 3 3−4
−1233%
40
+1233%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1267%
164
+1267%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−9400%
95−100
+9400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−1489%
143
+1489%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−4900%
150
+4900%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−4300%
85−90
+4300%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2233%
70−75
+2233%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−1520%
80−85
+1520%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−2900%
120−130
+2900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1008%
133
+1008%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−2900%
90
+2900%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−9400%
95−100
+9400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−7600%
75−80
+7600%
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 90−95

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1425%
60−65
+1425%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−3100%
30−35
+3100%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−7800%
79
+7800%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 80−85
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−2075%
85−90
+2075%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−5600%
55−60
+5600%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 5−6
−940%
52
+940%
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
−4900%
50−55
+4900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 29
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
−6200%
63
+6200%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−975%
43
+975%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1650%
35−40
+1650%

This is how HD Graphics (Broadwell) and RTX A5000 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX A5000 Mobile is 5050% faster in 1080p
  • RTX A5000 Mobile is 6300% faster in 1440p
  • RTX A5000 Mobile is 5000% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX A5000 Mobile is 9400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX A5000 Mobile surpassed HD Graphics (Broadwell) in all 36 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.96 39.65
Recency 5 January 2015 12 April 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm

The RTX A5000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics (Broadwell) in performance tests.


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