HD Graphics 4000 vs ATI Radeon X1950 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1066
Place by popularitynot in top-10050
Power efficiencyno data1.80
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)Generation 7.0 (2012−2013)
GPU code nameR580+Ivy Bridge GT2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 October 2006 (18 years ago)14 May 2012 (12 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 coresno data128
Core clock speed625 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1000 MHz
Number of transistors384 million1,200 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)96 Wattunknown
Texture fill rate10.0016.00
Floating-point processing powerno data0.256 TFLOPS
ROPs162
TMUs1616

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16Ring Bus
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount256 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed900 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth57.6 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.1 (11_0)
Shader Model3.05.0
OpenGL2.04.0
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 October 2006 14 May 2012
Chip lithography 90 nm 22 nm

HD Graphics 4000 has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 309.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1950 XT and HD Graphics 4000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X1950 XT is a desktop card while HD Graphics 4000 is a notebook one.


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