ATI Radeon HD 4250 vs ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4250 and ATI FirePro 2260 PCI 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4250

ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4250

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 594 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 2.376 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Around 19% better floating-point performance: 47.52 gflops vs 40 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 123 vs 113
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 782 vs 304
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 782 vs 304

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 February 2009 vs 1 January 2008
Core clock speed	594 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.376 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	47.52 gflops vs 40 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	123 vs 113
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	782 vs 304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	782 vs 304

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Around 26% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 792 MHz
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 431 vs 408

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 792 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	431 vs 408

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4250
GPU 2: ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

408

431

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

123

113

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

304

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

304

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4250	ATI FirePro 2260 PCI
PassMark - G2D Mark	408	431
PassMark - G3D Mark	123	113
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	782	304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	782	304

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4250	ATI FirePro 2260 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RV620	RV620
Launch date	25 February 2009	1 January 2008
Place in performance rating	801	798
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	594 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	47.52 gflops	40 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	40	40
Texture fill rate	2.376 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		170 mm
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.34 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed	792 MHz	1000 MHz
Shared memory	yes
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		DDR2
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0