Intel HD Graphics 400 vs Intel HD Graphics 4200

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 400 and Intel HD Graphics 4200 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL.

Intel HD Graphics 400

Intel HD Graphics 4200

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 400

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 320 MHz vs 200 MHz
4.8x more pipelines: 96 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 22 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 20 Watt

Launch date	1 April 2015 vs 3 June 2013
Core clock speed	320 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 20 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4200

Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 850 MHz vs 640 MHz
Around 58% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1720 vs 1091

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	850 MHz vs 640 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	1720 vs 1091

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 400
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 4200

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1091

1720

Name	Intel HD Graphics 400	Intel HD Graphics 4200
Geekbench - OpenCL	1091	1720

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 400	Intel HD Graphics 4200
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	Generation 7.5
Code name	Braswell GT1	Haswell GT2
Launch date	1 April 2015	3 June 2013
Place in performance rating	1702	1700
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	640 MHz	850 MHz
Core clock speed	320 MHz	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	134.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	96	20
Texture fill rate	8.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	392 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.4	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory type	DDR3L
Memory bus width		64 / 128 Bit
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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