diff --git a/hw/display/edid-generate.c b/hw/display/edid-generate.c
index f2b874d5e3..6f5ac6a38a 100644
--- a/hw/display/edid-generate.c
+++ b/hw/display/edid-generate.c
@@ -401,10 +401,10 @@ void qemu_edid_generate(uint8_t *edid, size_t size,
         info->name = "QEMU Monitor";
     }
     if (!info->prefx) {
-        info->prefx = 1024;
+        info->prefx = 1280;
     }
     if (!info->prefy) {
-        info->prefy = 768;
+        info->prefy = 800;
     }
     if (info->prefx >= 4096 || info->prefy >= 4096) {
         large_screen = 1;
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
index acfba7c76c..2179b75703 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ struct VirtIOGPUBaseClass {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("max_outputs", _state, _conf.max_outputs, 1),    \
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT("edid", _state, _conf.flags, \
                     VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_EDID_ENABLED, true), \
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("xres", _state, _conf.xres, 1024), \
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("yres", _state, _conf.yres, 768)
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("xres", _state, _conf.xres, 1280), \
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("yres", _state, _conf.yres, 800)
 
 typedef struct VGPUDMABuf {
     QemuDmaBuf buf;
diff --git a/qemu-edid.c b/qemu-edid.c
index c3a9fba10d..20c958d9c7 100644
--- a/qemu-edid.c
+++ b/qemu-edid.c
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 #include "hw/display/edid.h"
 
 static qemu_edid_info info = {
-    .prefx = 1024,
-    .prefy = 768,
+    .prefx = 1280,
+    .prefy = 800,
 };
 
 static void usage(FILE *out)