ATI Radeon HD 4250 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4250 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

ATI Radeon HD 4250

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4250

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 25% higher pipelines: 40 vs 32
2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 50 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 / 512 MB
12.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 408 vs 32

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 February 2009 vs 29 July 2008
Pipelines	40 vs 32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 / 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	408 vs 32

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

2.4x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 594 MHz
3.7x more texture fill rate: 8.8 billion / sec vs 2.376 GTexel / s
Around 89% better floating-point performance: 89.6 gflops vs 47.52 gflops
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz vs 792 MHz
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 172 vs 123
Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1505 vs 782
Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1505 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 594 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec vs 2.376 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	89.6 gflops vs 47.52 gflops
Memory clock speed	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz vs 792 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	172 vs 123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1505 vs 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1505 vs 782

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

408

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

123

172

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

1505

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

1505

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4250	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	408	32
PassMark - G3D Mark	123	172
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	782	1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	782	1505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		56.838

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4250	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV620	G96C
Launch date	25 February 2009	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	839	1666
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$85.99
Price now		$85.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	594 MHz	1400 MHz
Floating-point performance	47.52 gflops	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	40	32
Texture fill rate	2.376 GTexel / s	8.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		6.875" (17.5 cm)
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.34 GB / s	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory clock speed	792 MHz	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Shared memory	yes
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0
CUDA
SLI