AMD Radeon HD 8250 IGP vs AMD Radeon HD 8450G IGP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8250 IGP and AMD Radeon HD 8450G IGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support.

AMD Radeon HD 8250 IGP

AMD Radeon HD 8450G IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8250 IGP

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
4.4x lower typical power consumption: 8 Watt vs 35 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	8 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8450G IGP

Around 78% higher core clock speed: 533 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 80% higher boost clock speed: 720 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	533 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	720 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8250 IGP	AMD Radeon HD 8450G IGP
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale 3
Code name	Kalindi	Scrapper
Launch date	23 May 2013	23 May 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz	720 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	533 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	8 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,178 million	1,303 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	IGP
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4