ATI Radeon HD 4250 vs HD 8790M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking726not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameMarsRV620
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 April 2013 (11 years ago)25 February 2009 (15 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 cores38440
Core clock speed850 MHz594 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors950 million181 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown25 Watt
Texture fill rate21.602.376
Floating-point processing power0.6912 TFLOPS0.04752 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs244

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount2 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz396 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s6.336 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 8790M 1305
+970%
ATI HD 4250 122

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 8790M 9835
+4233%
ATI HD 4250 227

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2013 25 February 2009
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm

HD 8790M has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8790M and Radeon HD 4250. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8790M is a notebook card while Radeon HD 4250 is a desktop one.


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