Radeon HD 6250 IGP vs ATI HD 4870

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking769not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.26no data
Power efficiency1.68no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameRV770Loveland
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date25 June 2008 (17 years ago)9 November 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

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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 cores80080
Core clock speed750 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors956 million450 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt9 Watt
Texture fill rate30.003.200
Floating-point processing power1.2 TFLOPS0.064 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs408
L1 Cache160 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KBno 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed900 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth115.2 GB/sno 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.0
OpenGL3.34.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 June 2008 9 November 2010
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 9 Watt

HD 6250 IGP has an age advantage of 2 years, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 1566.7% lower power consumption.

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