RTX A400 vs HD Graphics 4200

Place in the ranking	1102	423
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	17.14	14.94
Architecture	Generation 7.5 (2013)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Haswell GT2	GA107
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	2 September 2013 (11 years ago)	16 April 2024 (less than a year 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	768
Core clock speed	200 MHz	727 MHz
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	1762 MHz
Number of transistors	392 million	8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.00	42.29
Floating-point processing power	0.272 TFLOPS	2.706 TFLOPS
ROPs	2	16
TMUs	20	24
Tensor Cores	no data	24
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	6

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 4.0 x8
Length	no data	163 mm
Width	IGP	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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	4 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	96 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

4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

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)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

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

−963%

85−90
+963%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−900%

30−33
+900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Hitman 3	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −977%	140−150 +977%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −971%	75−80 +971%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −868%	300−310 +868%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Hitman 3	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −977%	140−150 +977%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −971%	75−80 +971%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −900%	100−105 +900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −868%	300−310 +868%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −977%	140−150 +977%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −971%	75−80 +971%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −900%	100−105 +900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −868%	300−310 +868%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−900%

10−11
+900%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Hitman 3	7−8 −971%	75−80 +971%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−900%

30−33
+900%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−950%

21−24
+950%

This is how HD Graphics 4200 and RTX A400 compete in popular games:

RTX A400 is 963% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.99	10.79
Recency	2 September 2013	16 April 2024
Chip lithography	22 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	50 Watt

HD Graphics 4200 has 1150% lower power consumption.

RTX A400, on the other hand, has a 989.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A400 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 4200 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 4200 is a desktop card while RTX A400 is a workstation one.

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