GeForce 805A vs HD Graphics (Haswell)
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1191 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Gen. 7.5 Haswell (2012) | Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015) |
| GPU code name | Haswell GT1 | GK208 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 October 2012 (12 years ago) | 22 July 2014 (11 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 | 10 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 200 MHz | 719 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | 758 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 915 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 22 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 12.13 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.2911 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 8 |
| TMUs | no data | 16 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 32 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 128 KB |
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 | no data | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
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 | no data | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64/128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1001 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 16.02 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
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 | no data | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 3.5 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2012 | 22 July 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 28 nm |
HD Graphics (Haswell) has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.
GeForce 805A, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.
We couldn't decide between HD Graphics (Haswell) and GeForce 805A. We've got no test results to judge.
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