AMD Radeon HD 8790M vs ATI Radeon HD 4250

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8790M and ATI Radeon HD 4250 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 8790M

ATI Radeon HD 4250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 594 MHz
9.1x more texture fill rate: 21.6 GTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
9.6x more pipelines: 384 vs 40
14.5x better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 47.52 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
5.1x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 792 MHz
10.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1306 vs 123
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 751 vs 408
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2014 vs 782
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2014 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2013 vs 25 February 2009
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 594 MHz
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 40
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops vs 47.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 792 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306 vs 123
PassMark - G2D Mark	751 vs 408
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2014 vs 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2014 vs 782

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8790M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1306

123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

751

408

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2014

782

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2014

782

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8790M	ATI Radeon HD 4250
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306	123
PassMark - G2D Mark	751	408
Geekbench - OpenCL	4920
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	80.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2014	782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2014	782
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1607

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8790M	ATI Radeon HD 4250
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Mars	RV620
Design	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	1 April 2013	25 February 2009
Place in performance rating	837	839
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	850 MHz	594 MHz
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops	47.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	384	40
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s	2.376 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	181 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	6.34 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	792 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	yes
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0