FirePro 2270 vs HD Graphics 4200

Place in the ranking	1108	1275
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	16.98	1.69
Architecture	Generation 7.5 (2013)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Haswell GT2	Cedar
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	2 September 2013 (11 years ago)	31 January 2011 (13 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 cores	160	80
Core clock speed	200 MHz	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	392 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.00	4.800
Floating-point processing power	0.272 TFLOPS	0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs	2	4
TMUs	20	8

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).

Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	170 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	System Shared	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	512 MB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	9.6 GB/s
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 Connectors

Portable Device Dependent

1x DMS-59

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

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	+	N/A

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:

Full HD

8
+300%

2−3

−300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
+200%

1−2

−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +210%	10−11 −210%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +210%	10−11 −210%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +210%	10−11 −210%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+200%

1−2

−200%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

0−1

This is how HD Graphics 4200 and FirePro 2270 compete in popular games:

HD Graphics 4200 is 300% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.99	0.37
Recency	2 September 2013	31 January 2011
Chip lithography	22 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	15 Watt

HD Graphics 4200 has a 167.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 81.8% more advanced lithography process, and 275% lower power consumption.

The HD Graphics 4200 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro 2270 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 4200 is a notebook card while FirePro 2270 is a workstation one.

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