HD Graphics 400 vs Radeon HD 6480G

Place in the ranking	1192	1085
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.31	12.95
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)
GPU code name	Sumo	Braswell GT1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	14 June 2011 (13 years ago)	1 April 2015 (9 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	240	96
Core clock speed	444 MHz	320 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	600 MHz
Number of transistors	1,178 million	189 million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	6 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.328	7.200
Floating-point processing power	0.2131 TFLOPS	0.1152 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	2
TMUs	12	12

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

IGP

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	System Shared	DDR3L
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	System Shared
Memory clock speed	System Shared	System Shared
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 Connectors

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.3
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%
Fortnite	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
World of Tanks	18−20 −66.7%	30−33 +66.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
World of Tanks	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Valorant	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 −60%	24−27 +60%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −60%	24−27 +60%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −60%	24−27 +60%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Dota 2	14−16 −60%	24−27 +60%
Valorant	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.65	1.10
Recency	14 June 2011	1 April 2015
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	6 Watt

HD Graphics 400 has a 69.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 483.3% lower power consumption.

The HD Graphics 400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6480G in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.