RTX A400 vs HD Graphics (Haswell)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics (Haswell) with RTX A400, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics (Haswell)
2012
0.84

RTX A400 outperforms HD Graphics (Haswell) by a whopping 1000% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1147476
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data13.38
ArchitectureGen. 7.5 Haswell (2012)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameHaswell GT1GA107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 October 2012 (12 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year 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 cores10768
Core clock speed200 MHz727 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1762 MHz
Number of transistorsno data8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data42.29
Floating-point processing powerno data2.706 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data24
Tensor Coresno data24
Ray Tracing Coresno data6

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data163 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 data4 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data96 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 data4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6

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 HD8
−963%
85−90
+963%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1000%
55−60
+1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1000%
55−60
+1000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−983%
130−140
+983%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−971%
75−80
+971%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−868%
300−310
+868%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1000%
55−60
+1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1000%
55−60
+1000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−983%
130−140
+983%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−971%
75−80
+971%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−1000%
110−120
+1000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−868%
300−310
+868%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1000%
55−60
+1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6
−1000%
55−60
+1000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−983%
130−140
+983%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−971%
75−80
+971%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−1000%
110−120
+1000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−868%
300−310
+868%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Hitman 3 7−8
−971%
75−80
+971%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−900%
40−45
+900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%

This is how HD Graphics (Haswell) and RTX A400 compete in popular games:

  • RTX A400 is 963% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.84 9.24
Recency 1 October 2012 16 April 2024
Chip lithography 22 nm 8 nm

RTX A400 has a 1000% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A400 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics (Haswell) in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics (Haswell) is a notebook card while RTX A400 is a desktop one.


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