Intel HD Graphics 4000 vs ATI Radeon HD 4200

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4000 and ATI Radeon HD 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel HD Graphics 4000

ATI Radeon HD 4200

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 55 nm
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 347 vs 112
4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2392 vs 485
4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2392 vs 485

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2012 vs 10 September 2009
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	347 vs 112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2392 vs 485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2392 vs 485

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4200

2.5x more pipelines: 40 vs 16
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 372 vs 194

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	40 vs 16
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	372 vs 194

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

347

112

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

194

372

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2392

485

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2392

485

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	ATI Radeon HD 4200
PassMark - G3D Mark	347	112
PassMark - G2D Mark	194	372
Geekbench - OpenCL	538
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	155.638
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	12.009
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2392	485
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2392	485
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 4000	ATI Radeon HD 4200
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	RV6xx
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT2	RV620
Launch date	14 May 2012	10 September 2009
Place in performance rating	1501	919
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	33.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	16	40
Texture fill rate	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.0
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit
Shared memory	1	yes
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Technologies
Quick Sync
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0