HD Graphics 4000 vs Radeon RX 470 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 470 Mobile with HD Graphics 4000, including specs and performance data.

RX 470 Mobile
2016
8 GB GDDR5, 85 Watt
18.16
+1439%

RX 470 Mobile outperforms HD Graphics 4000 by a whopping 1439% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2991060
Place by popularitynot in top-10046
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.56no data
Power efficiency15.411.89
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Generation 7.0 (2012−2013)
GPU code nameEllesmereIvy Bridge GT2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 August 2016 (8 years ago)14 May 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$549.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2048128
Core clock speed926 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed1074 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million1,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)85 Wattunknown
Texture fill rate137.516.00
Floating-point processing power4.399 TFLOPS0.256 TFLOPS
ROPs322
TMUs12816

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)Ring Bus
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1750 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-
Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)11.1 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.0
OpenGL4.64.0
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.131+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 470 Mobile 18.16
+1439%
HD Graphics 4000 1.18

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RX 470 Mobile 10715
+2132%
HD Graphics 4000 480

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:

900p180−190
+1400%
12
−1400%
Full HD160−170
+1355%
11
−1355%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+900%
3−4
−900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+740%
5−6
−740%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+1500%
2−3
−1500%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+1450%
4−5
−1450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+850%
4−5
−850%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+900%
3−4
−900%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+4300%
1−2
−4300%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+1600%
3−4
−1600%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+11700%
1−2
−11700%
Hitman 3 35−40
+517%
6−7
−517%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+557%
14−16
−557%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+1525%
4−5
−1525%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+2450%
2−3
−2450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+675%
8−9
−675%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+178%
30−35
−178%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+740%
5−6
−740%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+1500%
2−3
−1500%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+1450%
4−5
−1450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+850%
4−5
−850%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+900%
3−4
−900%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+4300%
1−2
−4300%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+1600%
3−4
−1600%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+11700%
1−2
−11700%
Hitman 3 35−40
+517%
6−7
−517%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+557%
14−16
−557%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+1525%
4−5
−1525%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+2450%
2−3
−2450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+675%
8−9
−675%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+231%
13
−231%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+178%
30−35
−178%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+740%
5−6
−740%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+1500%
2−3
−1500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+850%
4−5
−850%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+900%
3−4
−900%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+4300%
1−2
−4300%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+11700%
1−2
−11700%
Hitman 3 35−40
+517%
6−7
−517%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+557%
14−16
−557%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+675%
8−9
−675%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+291%
10−12
−291%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+178%
30−35
−178%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+2450%
2−3
−2450%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+3500%
1−2
−3500%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+1350%
2−3
−1350%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+1633%
6−7
−1633%
Hitman 3 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+850%
4−5
−850%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+1650%
2−3
−1650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+1800%
2−3
−1800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+2160%
5−6
−2160%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16 0−1
Hitman 3 14−16 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+1517%
6−7
−1517%
Metro Exodus 20−22
+1900%
1−2
−1900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−11 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%

This is how RX 470 Mobile and HD Graphics 4000 compete in popular games:

  • RX 470 Mobile is 1400% faster in 900p
  • RX 470 Mobile is 1355% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 470 Mobile is 11700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 470 Mobile surpassed HD Graphics 4000 in all 47 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.16 1.18
Recency 4 August 2016 14 May 2012
Chip lithography 14 nm 22 nm

RX 470 Mobile has a 1439% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 470 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 4000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 470 Mobile is a notebook card while HD Graphics 4000 is a desktop one.


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