Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

937
Place in performance rating
427
Gen. 8
Architecture
Maxwell
Braswell
Code name
GM107
Laptop
Type
Desktop
1 April 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
13 March 2015 (6 years ago)
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Price now
$243
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Value for money
4.55
Braswell
GPU code name
GM107
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

12
Pipelines
640
320 MHz
Core clock speed
1029 MHz
640 MHz
Boost Clock
1085 MHz
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Transistor count
1,870 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
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Texture fill rate
43.40
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Floating-point performance
1,389 gflops
12
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
640 MHz
Boost clock speed
1085 MHz
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Number of transistors
1,870 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A.

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Interface
MXM-B (3.0)

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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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
5012 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
80.19 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 11.2, Shader 5.0
DirectX
12 (11_0)
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
Death Stranding (2020) Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
F1 2020 (2020) Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

10.15% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (640 vs 12)

So, Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A .

Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A