ATI Radeon 9250 PCI vs ATI HD 5870

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	644	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.50	no data
Power efficiency	2.12	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code name	Cypress	RV280
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	23 September 2009 (15 years ago)	1 March 2004 (21 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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	1600	no data
Core clock speed	850 MHz	240 MHz
Number of transistors	2,154 million	36 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	188 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	68.00	0.96
Floating-point processing power	2.72 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	4
TMUs	80	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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	282 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None

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	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	3.2 GB/s

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	8.1
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	1.4
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 September 2009	1 March 2004
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	150 nm

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