Radeon HD 4250 IGP vs 9250 PCI

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 7 (2001−2006)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameRV280RS880
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 March 2004 (20 years ago)1 March 2010 (14 years ago)
Current price$114 no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data40
Core clock speed240 MHz498 MHz
Boost clock speedno data560 MHz
Number of transistors36 million181 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm55 nm
Texture fill rate0.962.240

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).

InterfacePCIPCIe 1.0 x16
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount128 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed400 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth3.2 GB/sno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.110.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGL1.43.3
OpenCLN/A1.0
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2004 1 March 2010
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB System Shared
Chip lithography 150 nm 55 nm

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