Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
VS
AMD Radeon HD 8850M
Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
VS
AMD Radeon HD 8850M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) and AMD Radeon HD 8850M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

937
Place in performance rating
659
Gen. 8
Architecture
GCN
Braswell
Code name
Venus
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 April 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
18 December 2012 (8 years ago)
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Price now
$338
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Value for money
0.20
Braswell
GPU code name
Venus
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) and AMD Radeon HD 8850M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

12
Pipelines
640
320 MHz
Core clock speed
575 MHz
640 MHz
Boost Clock
625 MHz
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Transistor count
1,500 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Texture fill rate
25.00
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Floating-point performance
800.0 gflops
12
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
640 MHz
Boost clock speed
725 MHz
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Number of transistors
1,500 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) and AMD Radeon HD 8850M.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Laptop size
large

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) and AMD Radeon HD 8850M can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR5, DDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
4500 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) and AMD Radeon HD 8850M, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
No outputs

API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) and AMD Radeon HD 8850M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 11.2, Shader 5.0
DirectX
12 (11_1)
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OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) and AMD Radeon HD 8850M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) or AMD Radeon HD 8850M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
AMD Radeon HD 8850M
Death Stranding (2020) Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
AMD Radeon HD 8850M
F1 2020 (2020) Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
AMD Radeon HD 8850M
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
AMD Radeon HD 8850M
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
AMD Radeon HD 8850M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8850M

3.5% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (640 vs 12)

So, Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) or AMD Radeon HD 8850M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 8850M .

Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) versus AMD Radeon HD 8850M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon HD 8850M