Intel HD Graphics 400 vs AMD Radeon HD 7450A

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Combined performance score

HD 7450A
0.74

HD Graphics 400 outperforms Radeon HD 7450A by 51% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking11161037
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.56no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)
GPU code nameCaicosBraswell GT1
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date5 January 2012 (12 years old)1 April 2015 (8 years old)
Current price$12.99 $710
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 7450A and HD Graphics 400 have a nearly equal value for money.

Technical specs

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 cores16096
Core clock speed625 MHz320 MHz
Boost clock speedno data640 MHz
Number of transistors370 million189 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt6 Watt
Texture fill rate5.0007.680
Floating-point performance200.0 gflops134.4 gflops

Size and 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).

InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x1
WidthMXM ModuleIGP

Memory

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 typeGDDR3DDR3L
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1600 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sno data

Video outputs and ports

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 outputsNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.3
OpenCL1.22.0
VulkanN/A1.1.80

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.74 1.12
Recency 5 January 2012 1 April 2015
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 6 Watt

The HD Graphics 400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7450A in performance tests.


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