ATI Radeon HD 4270 vs UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N)

Place in the ranking	852	1342
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Gen. 12 (2021−2023)	RV6xx (2008−2010)
GPU code name	Alder Lake Xe	RS880M
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	3 January 2023 (2 years ago)	1 May 2010 (14 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	24	40
Core clock speed	450 MHz	590 MHz
Boost clock speed	750 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	55 nm

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.

Maximum RAM amount	no data	512 MB
Shared memory	+	+

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

12_1

10.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) 2.32
+729%

ATI HD 4270 0.28

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) 5776
+2411%

ATI HD 4270 230

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

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Elden Ring	4−5	0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Forza Horizon 4	10 +100%	5−6 −100%
Metro Exodus	7	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	4 −100%	8−9 +100%
Dota 2	5	0−1
Elden Ring	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	12 +100%	6−7 −100%
Fortnite	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Forza Horizon 4	10 +100%	5−6 −100%
Grand Theft Auto V	5	0−1
Metro Exodus	5	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 +267%	6−7 −267%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
World of Tanks	40−45 +258%	12−14 −258%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +133%	6−7 −133%
Forza Horizon 4	11 +120%	5−6 −120%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 +267%	6−7 −267%

1440p
High Preset

Elden Ring	1−2	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	16−18 +700%	2−3 −700%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
World of Tanks	14−16 +1400%	1−2 −1400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Valorant	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%
Elden Ring	1−2	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Fortnite	1−2	0−1
Valorant	2−3	0−1

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

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

in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) is 700% faster.
in Counter-Strike 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the ATI HD 4270 is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) is ahead in 20 tests (65%)
ATI HD 4270 is ahead in 1 test (3%)
there's a draw in 10 tests (32%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.32	0.28
Recency	3 January 2023	1 May 2010
Chip lithography	10 nm	55 nm

UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) has a 728.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 450% more advanced lithography process.

The UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4270 in performance tests.

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