ATI VGA Wonder vs HD Graphics 4000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1065not rated
Place by popularity42not in top-100
Power efficiency1.83no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)Wonder (1990−1992)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT218800-1
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date14 May 2012 (12 years ago)5 February 1990 (34 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 cores128no data
Core clock speed650 MHz10 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology22 nm800 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknownno data
Texture fill rate16.00no data
Floating-point processing power0.256 TFLOPSno data
ROPs21
TMUs16no data

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCI
Widthno data1-slot

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 typeSystem SharedDRAM
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared256 KB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared32 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared10 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data40 MB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x VGA

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)N/A
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.0N/A
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2012 5 February 1990
Chip lithography 22 nm 800 nm

HD Graphics 4000 has an age advantage of 22 years, and a 3536.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4000 and VGA Wonder. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 4000 is a notebook card while VGA Wonder is a desktop one.


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