ATI Radeon HD 4250 IGP vs Quadro FX 2500M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1289	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.89	no data
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	G71	RS880
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	29 September 2005 (20 years ago)	1 March 2010 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$99.99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	32	40
Core clock speed	500 MHz	498 MHz
Boost clock speed	500 MHz	560 MHz
Number of transistors	278 million	181 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	12.00	2.240
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.0448 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	24	4

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 size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-III	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	no data	IGP

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	GDDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

No outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	3.0	4.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
OpenCL	N/A	1.0
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	29 September 2005	1 March 2010
Chip lithography	90 nm	55 nm