Quadro FX 4400 vs HD Graphics 4200

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 efficiency17.19no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.5 (2013)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameHaswell GT2NV45
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date2 September 2013 (11 years ago)28 July 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,399

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 cores160no data
Core clock speed200 MHz375 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHzno data
Number of transistors392 million222 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)4 Watt83 Watt
Texture fill rate17.004.500
Floating-point processing power0.272 TFLOPSno data
ROPs212
TMUs2012

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 1.0 x16
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 SharedGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared512 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared525 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data33.6 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent2x DVI, 1x S-Video

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)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.32.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 September 2013 28 July 2005
Chip lithography 22 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 4 Watt 83 Watt

HD Graphics 4200 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 490.9% more advanced lithography process, and 1975% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4200 and Quadro FX 4400. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 4200 is a desktop card while Quadro FX 4400 is a workstation one.


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Intel HD Graphics 4200
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