GeForce Go 7800 vs HD Graphics 4200

Place in the ranking	1107	1329
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	17.26	0.60
Architecture	Generation 7.5 (2013)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Haswell GT2	G70
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	2 September 2013 (11 years ago)	3 March 2006 (18 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 cores	160	22
Core clock speed	200 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	400 MHz
Number of transistors	392 million	302 million
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.00	6.400
Floating-point processing power	0.272 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	2	16
TMUs	20	16

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 size	no data	large
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 1.0 x16

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 type	System Shared	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	256 MB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	550 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	35.2 GB/s
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 Connectors

Portable Device Dependent

No outputs

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.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.3	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	+	N/A

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:

Full HD

8
+300%

2−3

−300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +10.7%	27−30 −10.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +10.7%	27−30 −10.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +10.7%	27−30 −10.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

This is how HD Graphics 4200 and Go 7800 compete in popular games:

HD Graphics 4200 is 300% faster in 1080p

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

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD Graphics 4200 is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD Graphics 4200 is ahead in 27 tests (93%)
there's a draw in 2 tests (7%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.99	0.30
Recency	2 September 2013	3 March 2006
Chip lithography	22 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	35 Watt

HD Graphics 4200 has a 230% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 400% more advanced lithography process, and 775% lower power consumption.

The HD Graphics 4200 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce Go 7800 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.