GeForce GTX 965M 4 GB vs HD Graphics 4200

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1102not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency17.86no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.5 (2013)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameHaswell GT2GM204
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2 September 2013 (11 years ago)9 January 2015 (9 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 cores1601024
Core clock speed200 MHz935 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHz1150 MHz
Number of transistors392 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)4 Wattno data
Texture fill rate17.0073.60
Floating-point processing power0.272 TFLOPS2.355 TFLOPS
ROPs232
TMUs2064

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).

InterfaceRing BusMXM-B (3.0)
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared4 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1253 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data80.19 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentPortable Device Dependent

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.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.7 (6.4)
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA-5.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 September 2013 9 January 2015
Chip lithography 22 nm 28 nm

HD Graphics 4200 has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 965M 4 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4200 and GeForce GTX 965M 4 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 4200 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 965M 4 GB is a notebook one.


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