HD Graphics 405 vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5250
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1227 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 8.82 |
| Architecture | no data | Generation 8.0 (2014−2015) |
| GPU code name | M56GL | Braswell GT1 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 January 2007 (18 years ago) | 1 April 2015 (10 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 | 17 | 128 |
| Core clock speed | 5 MHz | 200 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 400 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 157 million | 189 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 6 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.400 | 9.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.1536 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 12 | 2 |
| TMUs | 12 | 16 |
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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | 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 | DDR/DDR2/GDDR3/GDDR4 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 330 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 11.2 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.3 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 January 2007 | 1 April 2015 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 14 nm |
HD Graphics 405 has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility FireGL V5250 and HD Graphics 405. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility FireGL V5250 is a mobile workstation graphics card while HD Graphics 405 is a mobile workstation one.
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