HD Graphics 4400 vs FirePro W4100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W4100 with HD Graphics 4400, including specs and performance data.

FirePro W4100
2014
2 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
3.93
+191%

W4100 outperforms HD Graphics 4400 by a whopping 191% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6991020
Place by popularitynot in top-10097
Power efficiency5.394.63
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Generation 7.5 (2013)
GPU code nameCape VerdeHaswell GT2
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date13 August 2014 (10 years ago)3 September 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores512160
Core clock speed630 MHz200 MHz
Boost clock speedno data950 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million392 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate20.1619.00
Floating-point processing power0.6451 TFLOPS0.304 TFLOPS
ROPs162
TMUs3220

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16Ring Bus
Length171 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Form factorlow profile / half lengthno data
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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth72 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
Dual-link DVI support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration+-
Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.3
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.131+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro W4100 3.93
+191%
HD Graphics 4400 1.35

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FirePro W4100 1515
+190%
HD Graphics 4400 522

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

FirePro W4100 1665
+193%
HD Graphics 4400 569

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

FirePro W4100 12657
+156%
HD Graphics 4400 4953

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

FirePro W4100 20
+145%
HD Graphics 4400 8

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p30−35
+150%
12
−150%
Full HD16
+77.8%
9
−77.8%
4K3
+200%
1−2
−200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Hitman 3 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+92.9%
14−16
−92.9%
Metro Exodus 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
+150%
4
−150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+30.3%
30−35
−30.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Hitman 3 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+92.9%
14−16
−92.9%
Metro Exodus 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+45.5%
10−12
−45.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+30.3%
30−35
−30.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Hitman 3 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+92.9%
14−16
−92.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+45.5%
10−12
−45.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+30.3%
30−35
−30.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Hitman 3 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
+300%
6−7
−300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Hitman 3 0−1 0−1
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 2−3 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%

This is how FirePro W4100 and HD Graphics 4400 compete in popular games:

  • FirePro W4100 is 150% faster in 900p
  • FirePro W4100 is 78% faster in 1080p
  • FirePro W4100 is 200% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the FirePro W4100 is 667% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, FirePro W4100 surpassed HD Graphics 4400 in all 49 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.93 1.35
Recency 13 August 2014 3 September 2013
Chip lithography 28 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 20 Watt

FirePro W4100 has a 191.1% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 11 months.

HD Graphics 4400, on the other hand, has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

The FirePro W4100 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 4400 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W4100 is a workstation card while HD Graphics 4400 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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