Radeon RX 580X Mobile vs ATI HD 4200
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | RS880 | Polaris 20 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 August 2009 (15 years ago) | 11 April 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 | 40 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1077 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 181 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.000 | 155.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.04 TFLOPS | 4.963 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 32 |
| TMUs | 4 | 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 | PCIe 1.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Width | IGP | no data |
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 | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 256.0 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 August 2009 | 11 April 2018 |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 14 nm |
RX 580X Mobile has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4200 and Radeon RX 580X Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 4200 is a desktop card while Radeon RX 580X Mobile is a notebook one.
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