UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs vs ATI Radeon Xpress 1250

Place in the ranking	1443	656
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	11.20
Architecture	R400 (2004−2008)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	RS690	Tiger Lake Xe
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	28 February 2007 (17 years ago)	15 August 2020 (4 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	4	48
Core clock speed	400 MHz	350 MHz
Boost clock speed	400 MHz	1450 MHz
Number of transistors	120 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	28 Watt
Texture fill rate	1.600	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).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	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	System Shared	no data
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	no data
Memory bus width	System Shared	no data
Memory clock speed	System Shared	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

No outputs

no data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0b (9_2)	12_1
OpenGL	2.0	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

-0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−450%

11
+450%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −333%	12−14 +333%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Hitman 3	4−5 −150%	10 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −350%	36 +350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −325%	16−18 +325%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −60.7%	45−50 +60.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −333%	12−14 +333%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Hitman 3	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −275%	30−33 +275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −325%	17 +325%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −88.9%	16−18 +88.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −60.7%	45−50 +60.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −333%	12−14 +333%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Hitman 3	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −50%	12 +50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −300%	16 +300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +12.5%	8 −12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −60.7%	45−50 +60.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	2−3
Hitman 3	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−300%

8−9
+300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	2−3

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−150%

5−6
+150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12 +0%	12 +0%
Battlefield 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Metro Exodus	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Battlefield 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Metro Exodus	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

+0%

12−14

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI Xpress 1250 is 13% faster.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs is 450% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

ATI Xpress 1250 is ahead in 1 test (2%)
UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs is ahead in 28 tests (43%)
there's a draw in 36 tests (55%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.11	4.56
Recency	28 February 2007	15 August 2020
Chip lithography	80 nm	10 nm

UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs has a 4045.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Xpress 1250 in performance tests.

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