HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) vs ATI Radeon HD 5570

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	1048	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Gen. 8 (2015−2016)
GPU code name	Redwood	Braswell
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	9 February 2010 (14 years ago)	1 April 2016 (8 years ago)

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 cores	400	12
Core clock speed	650 MHz	320 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	640 MHz
Number of transistors	627 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	39 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	13.00	no data
Floating-point performance	0.52 gflops	no data

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	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Length	165 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	DDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	667 - 900 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	no data
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	9 February 2010	1 April 2016
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm

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