HD Graphics 4400 vs Radeon HD 5850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between HD Graphics 4400 and Radeon HD 5850, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the HD Graphics 4400 stacks up against Radeon HD 5850, check out specs charts below.

HD Graphics 4400 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: HD Graphics 4400 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with HD Graphics 4400 here:

Main Specs

  HD Graphics 4400 Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 151 Watt
Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type System Shared GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5850 has 655% more power consumption, than HD Graphics 4400.
  • HD Graphics 4400 is connected by PCIe 1.0 x16, and Radeon HD 5850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • HD Graphics 4400 is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 5850 - in Desktops.
  • HD Graphics 4400 is build with Gen. 7.5 Haswell architecture, and Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5850 is 525 MHz higher, than HD Graphics 4400.
  • HD Graphics 4400 is manufactured by 22 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5850 - by 40 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 9−10
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 2−3 21−24
medium / 1080p 0−1 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1000% more, than HD Graphics 4400.

Full Specs

  HD Graphics 4400 Radeon HD 5850
Architecture Gen. 7.5 Haswell Terascale 2
Code name Haswell GT2 Cypress
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 5 June 2013 30 September 2009
Pipelines 20 1440
Core clock speed 200 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz
Transistor count 392 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 22.00 52.20
Floating-point performance 46 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 12 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.3 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.80 N/A
Quick Sync +
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