ATI Radeon HD 5870 vs ATI Radeon HD 4250

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5870 and ATI Radeon HD 4250 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

ATI Radeon HD 5870

ATI Radeon HD 4250

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5870

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 594 MHz
28.6x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
40x more pipelines: 1600 vs 40
57.2x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 47.52 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
6.1x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 792 MHz
18x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2216 vs 123
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 412 vs 408
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 782
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 September 2009 vs 25 February 2009
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 594 MHz
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1600 vs 40
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops vs 47.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 792 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2216 vs 123
PassMark - G2D Mark	412 vs 408
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 782

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4250

7.5x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 188 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 188 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2216

123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

412

408

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

782

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

782

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5870	ATI Radeon HD 4250
PassMark - G3D Mark	2216	123
PassMark - G2D Mark	412	408
Geekbench - OpenCL	1850
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1339.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	43.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	245.813
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	782
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5870	ATI Radeon HD 4250
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Cypress	RV620
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	23 September 2009	25 February 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	799	800
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	594 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops	47.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1600	40
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s	2.376 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	188 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	282 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	6.34 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	792 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0