RTX A5500 vs HD Graphics 4200
Aggregate performance score
We've compared HD Graphics 4200 with RTX A5500, including specs and performance data.
RTX A5500 outperforms HD Graphics 4200 by a whopping 5507% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1183 | 68 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 17.49 | 17.05 |
| Architecture | Generation 7.5 (2013) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Haswell GT2 | GA102 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 2 September 2013 (12 years ago) | 22 March 2022 (3 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 | 10240 |
| Core clock speed | 200 MHz | 1080 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 850 MHz | 1665 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 392 million | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 22 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 4 Watt | 230 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 17.00 | 532.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.272 TFLOPS | 34.1 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 96 |
| TMUs | 20 | 320 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 320 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 80 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 10 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 6 MB |
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 | Ring Bus | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 8-pin |
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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 768.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Quick Sync | + | no data |
API and SDK support
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 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
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
−4900%
| 400−450
+4900%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−5400%
|
110−120
+5400%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−5500%
|
280−290
+5500%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−5400%
|
110−120
+5400%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−5400%
|
55−60
+5400%
|
| Fortnite | 1−2
−5400%
|
55−60
+5400%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
−4900%
|
300−310
+4900%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−5500%
|
280−290
+5500%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−5456%
|
500−550
+5456%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−5384%
|
1700−1750
+5384%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 13
−5285%
|
700−750
+5285%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−5400%
|
110−120
+5400%
|
| Dota 2 | 14−16
−5257%
|
750−800
+5257%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−5400%
|
55−60
+5400%
|
| Fortnite | 1−2
−5400%
|
55−60
+5400%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
−4900%
|
300−310
+4900%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−5500%
|
280−290
+5500%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
−5400%
|
55−60
+5400%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−5456%
|
500−550
+5456%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−4900%
|
300−310
+4900%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−5384%
|
1700−1750
+5384%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−5400%
|
110−120
+5400%
|
| Dota 2 | 14−16
−5257%
|
750−800
+5257%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−5400%
|
55−60
+5400%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
−4900%
|
300−310
+4900%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−5500%
|
280−290
+5500%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−5456%
|
500−550
+5456%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−4900%
|
300−310
+4900%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−5384%
|
1700−1750
+5384%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 1−2
−5400%
|
55−60
+5400%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 4−5
−5400%
|
220−230
+5400%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 5−6
−5500%
|
280−290
+5500%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−11
−5400%
|
550−600
+5400%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−5233%
|
160−170
+5233%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 1−2
−5400%
|
55−60
+5400%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
−5400%
|
110−120
+5400%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 1−2
−5400%
|
55−60
+5400%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−5257%
|
750−800
+5257%
|
| Valorant | 5−6
−5500%
|
280−290
+5500%
|
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
−5400%
|
110−120
+5400%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−5400%
|
110−120
+5400%
|
This is how HD Graphics 4200 and RTX A5500 compete in popular games:
- RTX A5500 is 4900% faster in 1080p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.91 | 51.02 |
| Recency | 2 September 2013 | 22 March 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 4 Watt | 230 Watt |
HD Graphics 4200 has 5650% lower power consumption.
RTX A5500, on the other hand, has a 5506.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.
The RTX A5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 4200 in performance tests.
Be aware that HD Graphics 4200 is a notebook graphics card while RTX A5500 is a workstation one.
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