ATI Radeon HD 4250 vs R7 265

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking432not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.06no data
Power efficiency5.00no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code namePitcairnRV620
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date13 February 2014 (10 years ago)25 February 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores102440
Core clock speedno data594 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 million181 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate59.202.376
Floating-point processing power1.894 TFLOPS0.04752 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs644

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinNone

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 amount4 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz396 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1210.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 February 2014 25 February 2009
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 25 Watt

R7 265 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

ATI HD 4250, on the other hand, has 500% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 265 and Radeon HD 4250. We've got no test results to judge.


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