HD Graphics 4000 vs Radeon HD 4860

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated1036
Place by popularitynot in top-10032
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Gen. 7 Ivy Bridge (2011−2012)
GPU code nameRV790Ivy Bridge
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date9 September 2009 (14 years ago)23 March 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores64016
Core clock speed700 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1350 MHz
Number of transistors959 million1,200 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Wattunknown
Texture fill rate22.4020.80
Floating-point performance896.0 gflops33.6 gflops
Floating-point performance0.896 gflops0.3328 gflops

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed3000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth96 GB/sno data
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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.0
OpenGL3.34.0
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 September 2009 23 March 2011
Chip lithography 55 nm 22 nm

HD Graphics 4000 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4860 and HD Graphics 4000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 4860 is a desktop card while HD Graphics 4000 is a notebook one.


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