HD Graphics 400 vs Radeon RX 550

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Aggregate performance score

RX 550
2017
4 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
7.04
+523%

Radeon RX 550 outperforms HD Graphics 400 by a whopping 523% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking5221041
Place by popularity13not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.11no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)
GPU code nameLexaBraswell GT1
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)1 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data
Current price$121 (1.5x MSRP)$710

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 550 and HD Graphics 400 have a nearly equal value for money.

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 cores51296
Core clock speed1100 MHz320 MHz
Boost clock speed1183 MHz640 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million189 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt6 Watt
Texture fill rate37.867.680
Floating-point performance1,211 gflops134.4 gflops

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x1
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5DDR3L
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed7000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/sno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.3
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.80

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.04 1.13
Recency 20 April 2017 1 April 2015
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 6 Watt

The Radeon RX 550 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 400 in performance tests.


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