ATI Radeon 9250 vs HD Graphics (Broadwell)

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking11281545
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 8 Broadwell (2015)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameBroadwell GT1RV280
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 January 2015 (10 years ago)1 March 2004 (20 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 cores12no data
Core clock speed100 MHz240 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data36 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm150 nm
Texture fill rateno data0.96
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data4

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).

Interfaceno dataAGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataDDR
Maximum RAM amountno data64 MB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data200 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data3.2 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 data1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 11_1)8.1
OpenGLno data1.4
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 no data
Forza Horizon 4 6−7 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7 no data

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 no data
Far Cry 5 10−11 no data
Fortnite 3−4 no data
Forza Horizon 4 6−7 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7 no data
World of Tanks 21−24 no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 no data
Far Cry 5 10−11 no data
Forza Horizon 4 6−7 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14 no data

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6 no data
World of Tanks 5−6 no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 no data
Far Cry 5 5−6 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5 no data
Valorant 6−7 no data

4K
High Preset

Dota 2 16−18 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16 no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 no data
Dota 2 16−18 no data
Far Cry 5 0−1 no data
Valorant 1−2 no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2015 1 March 2004
Chip lithography 14 nm 150 nm

HD Graphics (Broadwell) has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 971.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics (Broadwell) and Radeon 9250. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics (Broadwell) is a notebook card while Radeon 9250 is a desktop one.

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