L4 vs Radeon HD 6250

Place in the ranking	1443	261
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.89	25.97
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Cedar	AD104
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	31 January 2011 (15 years ago)	21 March 2023 (3 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	80	7424
Core clock speed	650 MHz	795 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2040 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	72 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.200	489.6
Floating-point processing power	0.104 TFLOPS	30.29 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	80
TMUs	8	240
Tensor Cores	no data	240
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	60
L1 Cache	16 KB	7.5 MB
L2 Cache	128 KB	48 MB

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	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	168 mm	169 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	24 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth	8 GB/s	300.1 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.8
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9
DLSS	-	+

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

HD 6250 0.22

L4 24.28
+10936%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 6250 93
Samples: 299

L4 10153
+10817%

Samples: 13

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

−10733%

650−700
+10733%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077

1−2

−10900%

110−120
+10900%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −10900%	110−120 +10900%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −9900%	300−310 +9900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −10614%	750−800 +10614%
Valorant	24−27 −10900%	2750−2800 +10900%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	12−14 −10733%	1300−1350 +10733%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −10900%	110−120 +10900%
Dota 2	9−10 −10456%	950−1000 +10456%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −9900%	300−310 +9900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −10614%	750−800 +10614%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −10900%	550−600 +10900%
Valorant	24−27 −10900%	2750−2800 +10900%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −10900%	110−120 +10900%
Dota 2	9−10 −10456%	950−1000 +10456%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −9900%	300−310 +9900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −10614%	750−800 +10614%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −10900%	550−600 +10900%
Valorant	24−27 −10900%	2750−2800 +10900%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −9900%	300−310 +9900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 −10900%	220−230 +10900%

1440p
Ultra

Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −10900%	110−120 +10900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −10900%	110−120 +10900%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −10614%	1500−1550 +10614%
Valorant	1−2 −10900%	110−120 +10900%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

1−2

−10900%

110−120
+10900%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

2−3

−10900%

220−230
+10900%

This is how HD 6250 and L4 compete in popular games:

L4 is 10733% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.22	24.28
Recency	31 January 2011	21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	24 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	72 Watt

HD 6250 has 279% lower power consumption.

L4, on the other hand, has a 10936% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The L4 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6250 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6250 is a desktop graphics card while L4 is a workstation one.