Radeon HD 4200 vs R7 250

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	761	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.10	no data
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	RV6xx (2007−2010)
GPU code name	Oland XT	RV620
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	1 October 2013 (10 years ago)	10 September 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$89	no data
Current price	$256 (2.9x MSRP)	$139

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	384	40
Core clock speed	no data	500 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	950 million	181 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	25.20	2.000
Floating-point performance	716.8 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 250 and Radeon HD 4200 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	N/A	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	DDR3, GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	72 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 HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort support	-	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	+	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.1	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.0
Vulkan	no data	N/A
Mantle	-	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 October 2013	10 September 2009
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	55 nm

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