ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 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).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 82% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 275 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 98 vs 42
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 280 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 May 2010 vs 6 June 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	98 vs 42
PassMark - G2D Mark	280 vs 127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

280

127

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
PassMark - G3D Mark	98	42
PassMark - G2D Mark	280	127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	813
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	699

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 IGP	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RS880	NV44 A2
Launch date	1 May 2010	6 June 2006
Place in performance rating	1216	1219
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$27.99
Price now		$61.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Transistor count	181 million	75 million
Texture fill rate		1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		18 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Memory type		DDR