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.

 

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: 2220 vs 123
  • 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 2220 vs 123
PassMark - G2D Mark 409 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
2220
123
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
409
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 2220 123
PassMark - G2D Mark 409 408
Geekbench - OpenCL 1853
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 798 799
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