ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 280 vs 219
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 May 2010 vs 7 January 2010
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 280 vs 219

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

  • Around 40% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 11.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1085 vs 98
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1679 vs 813
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1679 vs 813
  • 4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3077 vs 699
  • 4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3077 vs 699
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 700 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1085 vs 98
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1679 vs 813
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1679 vs 813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3077 vs 699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3077 vs 699

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
98
1085
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
280
219
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
813
1679
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
813
1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
699
3077
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
699
3077
Name ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
PassMark - G3D Mark 98 1085
PassMark - G2D Mark 280 219
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 813 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 813 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 699 3077
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 699 3077
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 585.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.86
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 20.108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 98.606
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2070
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2070

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale TeraScale 2
Code name RS880 Broadway
Launch date 1 May 2010 7 January 2010
Place in performance rating 1216 1217
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Transistor count 181 million 1,040 million
Floating-point performance 1,120.0 gflops
Pipelines 800
Texture fill rate 28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCI MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 10.1 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 3.3 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

HDMI 1.3a