GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 6 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 ranking1109not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency16.97no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.5 (2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameHaswell GT2GA107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date2 September 2013 (11 years ago)6 July 2022 (2 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 cores1602560
Core clock speed200 MHz1237 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHz1492 MHz
Number of transistors392 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)4 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate17.00119.4
Floating-point processing power0.272 TFLOPS7.639 TFLOPS
ROPs232
TMUs2080
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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 BusPCIe 4.0 x8

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 SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared6 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared96 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data168.0 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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 September 2013 6 July 2022
Chip lithography 22 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 4 Watt 75 Watt

HD Graphics 4200 has 1775% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 6 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4200 and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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