A800 SXM4 80 GB vs ATI Radeon HD 4250
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1311 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.89 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | RV620 | GA100 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 25 February 2009 (15 years ago) | 11 August 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 | 40 | 6912 |
| Core clock speed | 594 MHz | 1275 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1410 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 181 million | 54,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 400 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.376 | 609.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.04752 TFLOPS | 19.49 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 160 |
| TMUs | 4 | 432 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 432 |
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 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Width | 1-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | DDR2 | HBM2e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 80 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 5120 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 396 MHz | 1593 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.336 GB/s | 2,039 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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | N/A |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 8.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 February 2009 | 11 August 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 80 GB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 400 Watt |
ATI HD 4250 has 1500% lower power consumption.
A800 SXM4 80 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 15900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4250 and A800 SXM4 80 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 4250 is a desktop card while A800 SXM4 80 GB is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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