Quadro P4200 vs HD Graphics 4200

Place in the ranking	1107	211
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	17.25	17.52
Architecture	Generation 7.5 (2013)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Haswell GT2	GP104
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	2 September 2013 (11 years ago)	21 February 2018 (6 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	2304
Core clock speed	200 MHz	1227 MHz
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	1647 MHz
Number of transistors	392 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.00	237.2
Floating-point processing power	0.272 TFLOPS	7.589 TFLOPS
ROPs	2	64
TMUs	20	144

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	Ring Bus	MXM-B (3.0)
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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	192.3 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

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus	-	+
Quick Sync	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
CUDA	-	6.1

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

−2400%

200−210
+2400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−1267%

40−45
+1267%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1000%	55−60 +1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1600%	50−55 +1600%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1267%	40−45 +1267%
Far Cry 5	0−1	55−60
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −3200%	65−70 +3200%
Hitman 3	5−6 −920%	50−55 +920%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −792%	110−120 +792%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −6400%	65−70 +6400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −1114%	85−90 +1114%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −232%	100−110 +232%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1000%	55−60 +1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1600%	50−55 +1600%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1267%	40−45 +1267%
Far Cry 5	0−1	55−60
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −3200%	65−70 +3200%
Hitman 3	5−6 −920%	50−55 +920%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −792%	110−120 +792%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −6400%	65−70 +6400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −1114%	85−90 +1114%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −440%	50−55 +440%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −232%	100−110 +232%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1000%	55−60 +1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1600%	50−55 +1600%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1267%	40−45 +1267%
Far Cry 5	0−1	55−60
Hitman 3	5−6 −920%	50−55 +920%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −792%	110−120 +792%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −1114%	85−90 +1114%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −440%	50−55 +440%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −232%	100−110 +232%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−6400%

65−70
+6400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −4700%	45−50 +4700%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −3700%	35−40 +3700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2500%	24−27 +2500%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2800%	27−30 +2800%
Hitman 3	7−8 −329%	30−33 +329%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −1200%	50−55 +1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	30−35
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −3450%	140−150 +3450%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−1300%

40−45
+1300%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

20−22

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1400%	14−16 +1400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	14−16
Far Cry 5	0−1	14−16

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1000%

21−24
+1000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Battlefield 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Battlefield 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Hitman 3	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%

This is how HD Graphics 4200 and Quadro P4200 compete in popular games:

Quadro P4200 is 2400% faster in 1080p

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

in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Quadro P4200 is 6400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Quadro P4200 is ahead in 40 tests (62%)
there's a draw in 25 tests (38%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.99	25.14
Recency	2 September 2013	21 February 2018
Chip lithography	22 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	100 Watt

HD Graphics 4200 has 2400% lower power consumption.

Quadro P4200, on the other hand, has a 2439.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro P4200 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 4200 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 4200 is a notebook graphics card while Quadro P4200 is a mobile workstation one.

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