ATI Radeon 9550 vs HD Graphics 4200

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics 4200 with Radeon 9550, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics 4200
2013
4 Watt
0.99
+1000%

HD Graphics 4200 outperforms ATI 9550 by a whopping 1000% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking11091459
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency16.97no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.5 (2013)Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code nameHaswell GT2RV350
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date2 September 2013 (11 years ago)1 October 2003 (21 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 cores160no data
Core clock speed200 MHz250 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHzno data
Number of transistors392 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)4 Wattno data
Texture fill rate17.001.000
Floating-point processing power0.272 TFLOPSno data
ROPs24
TMUs204

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 BusAGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
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 SharedDDR
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared64 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared200 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data6.4 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 Dependent1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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)9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.32.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A

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 HD80−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+1450%
2−3
−1450%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+1450%
2−3
−1450%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+1450%
2−3
−1450%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Hitman 3 7−8 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4 0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.99 0.09
Recency 2 September 2013 1 October 2003
Chip lithography 22 nm 130 nm

HD Graphics 4200 has a 1000% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 490.9% more advanced lithography process.

The HD Graphics 4200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9550 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 4200 is a notebook card while Radeon 9550 is a desktop one.


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