Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 vs ATI HD 4250

Place in the ranking	1314	373
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.89	14.78
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code name	RV620	Vega Kaby Lake-G
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	25 February 2009 (15 years ago)	7 January 2018 (7 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 cores	40	1280
Core clock speed	594 MHz	931 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1011 MHz
Number of transistors	181 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	2.376	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.04752 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	4	no data
TMUs	4	no data

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	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	DDR2	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	396 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	6.336 GB/s	no data
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 Connectors

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

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12_1
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	N/A	no data
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.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	1−2 −4300%	44 +4300%
1440p	0−1	28
4K	-0−1	15

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−1000%

21−24
+1000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1467%	47 +1467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1550%	33 +1550%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1000%	21−24 +1000%
Hitman 3	4−5 −575%	27−30 +575%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −813%	70−75 +813%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1050%	45−50 +1050%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −171%	75−80 +171%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1000%	30−35 +1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1400%	30 +1400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1000%	21−24 +1000%
Hitman 3	4−5 −575%	27−30 +575%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −813%	70−75 +813%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1050%	45−50 +1050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −278%	30−35 +278%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −171%	75−80 +171%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −667%	23 +667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −900%	20 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1000%	21−24 +1000%
Hitman 3	4−5 −575%	27−30 +575%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −813%	70−75 +813%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1050%	45−50 +1050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −167%	24 +167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −171%	75−80 +171%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	7−8
Hitman 3	6−7 −183%	16−18 +183%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −1350%	27−30 +1350%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−950%

21
+950%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1000%	11 +1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	7−8

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−400%

10
+400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Metro Exodus	53 +0%	53 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	48 +0%	48 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Metro Exodus	41 +0%	41 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	37 +0%	37 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	17 +0%	17 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12 +0%	12 +0%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Metro Exodus	27 +0%	27 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Hitman 3	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Metro Exodus	15 +0%	15 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 +0%	14 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4 +0%	4 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

This is how ATI HD 4250 and RX Vega M GL / 870 compete in popular games:

RX Vega M GL / 870 is 4300% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega M GL / 870 is 1550% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX Vega M GL / 870 is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.32	13.87
Recency	25 February 2009	7 January 2018
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt

ATI HD 4250 has 160% lower power consumption.

RX Vega M GL / 870, on the other hand, has a 4234.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4250 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 4250 is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.