RTX A500 Mobile vs HD Graphics 4200

Place in the ranking	1120	309
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Gen. 7.5 Haswell (2012−2013)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Haswell GT2	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	5 June 2013 (11 years ago)	30 March 2022 (2 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	20	2048
Core clock speed	200 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	392 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	60 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	17.00	98.37
Floating-point processing power	0.272 gflops	6.296 gflops
ROPs	2	48
TMUs	20	64

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).

Interface

PCIe 1.0 x16

PCIe 4.0 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	no data	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	4 GB
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	96 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

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)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.80	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD Graphics 4200 0.97

RTX A500 Mobile 17.51
+1705%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD Graphics 4200 638

RTX A500 Mobile 10748
+1585%

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	9 −367%	42 +367%
1440p	1−2 −2500%	26 +2500%
4K	2−3 −2600%	54 +2600%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−700%

24−27
+700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −600%	35−40 +600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −933%	30−35 +933%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −700%	24−27 +700%
Far Cry 5	0−1	35−40
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −2000%	40−45 +2000%
Hitman 3	5−6 −500%	30−33 +500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −500%	75−80 +500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −4200%	40−45 +4200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −629%	50−55 +629%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −158%	80−85 +158%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −600%	35−40 +600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −933%	30−35 +933%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −700%	24−27 +700%
Far Cry 5	0−1	35−40
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −2000%	40−45 +2000%
Hitman 3	5−6 −500%	30−33 +500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −500%	75−80 +500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −4200%	40−45 +4200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −786%	62 +786%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −270%	35−40 +270%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −158%	80−85 +158%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −600%	35−40 +600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −933%	30−35 +933%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −700%	24−27 +700%
Far Cry 5	0−1	35−40
Hitman 3	5−6 −500%	30−33 +500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −500%	75−80 +500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −671%	54 +671%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −190%	29 +190%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −158%	80−85 +158%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−4200%

40−45
+4200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −2300%	24−27 +2300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Hitman 3	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −700%	30−35 +700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	16−18
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −2275%	95−100 +2275%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−733%

24−27
+733%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

10−12

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −800%	9−10 +800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	7−8
Far Cry 5	0−1	8−9

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−600%

14−16
+600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Battlefield 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Battlefield 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	39 +0%	39 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Hitman 3	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

This is how HD Graphics 4200 and RTX A500 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX A500 Mobile is 367% faster in 1080p
RTX A500 Mobile is 2500% faster in 1440p
RTX A500 Mobile is 2600% faster in 4K

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

in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX A500 Mobile is 4200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX A500 Mobile is ahead in 40 tests (62%)
there's a draw in 25 tests (38%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.97	17.51
Recency	5 June 2013	30 March 2022
Chip lithography	22 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	60 Watt

HD Graphics 4200 has 1400% lower power consumption.

RTX A500 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 1705.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 4200 in performance tests.

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