ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 280 vs 124
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 May 2010 vs 5 March 2007
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 280 vs 124

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 426 vs 98
  • 4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3230 vs 699
  • 4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3230 vs 699
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 426 vs 98
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3230 vs 699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3230 vs 699

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
98
426
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
280
124
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
699
3230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
699
3230
Name ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
PassMark - G3D Mark 98 426
PassMark - G2D Mark 280 124
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 813
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 699 3230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 699 3230

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale Tesla
Code name RS880 G80
Launch date 1 May 2010 5 March 2007
Place in performance rating 1216 1218
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $1,999
Price now $143.51
Value for money (0-100) 5.45

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 90 nm
Transistor count 181 million 681 million
Floating-point performance 230.4 gflops
Pipelines 96
Texture fill rate 12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 134 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCI PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 229 mm

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 768 MB
Memory bandwidth 67.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz
Memory type GDDR3