AMD Radeon 540 vs ATI Radeon HD 4250

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540 and ATI Radeon HD 4250 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon 540

ATI Radeon HD 4250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
11.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1362 vs 123
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 782
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 25 February 2009
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1362 vs 123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 782

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4250

39.6x better floating-point performance: 47.52 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
132x more memory clock speed: 792 MHz vs 6 Gbps
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 408 vs 247

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	47.52 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Memory clock speed	792 MHz vs 6 Gbps
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	408 vs 247

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4250

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

247

408

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1362

123

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

782

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

782

Name	AMD Radeon 540	ATI Radeon HD 4250
PassMark - G2D Mark	247	408
PassMark - G3D Mark	1362	123
Geekbench - OpenCL	35524
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1726

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 540	ATI Radeon HD 4250
Essentials
Architecture	4th Gen GCN	TeraScale
Code name	Topaz	RV620
Design	AMD Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	25 February 2009
Place in performance rating	877	793
Type	Notebook	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Compute units	8
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs	47.52 gflops
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture Units	32
Core clock speed		594 MHz
Manufacturing process technology		55 nm
Pipelines		40
Texture fill rate		2.376 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Transistor count		181 million
Video outputs and ports
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
Vulkan
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	6.34 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit
Memory clock speed	6 Gbps	792 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ Chill
FreeSync
HDMI 4K Support
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None