NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI vs ATI Radeon HD 4250
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI and ATI Radeon HD 4250 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
- 6.4x more pipelines: 256 vs 40
- 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
- Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 950 MHz vs 792 MHz
Pipelines | 256 vs 40 |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 512 MB |
Memory clock speed | 950 MHz vs 792 MHz |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4250
- Around 2% higher core clock speed: 594 MHz vs 585 MHz
- 6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 150 Watt
Core clock speed | 594 MHz vs 585 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt vs 150 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4250
Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI | ATI Radeon HD 4250 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 408 | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 123 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 782 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 782 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI | ATI Radeon HD 4250 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | G9x | TeraScale |
Code name | N10E-GTX | RV620 |
Launch date | 2 March 2009 | 25 February 2009 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 800 |
Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 585 MHz | 594 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 55 nm |
Pipelines | 256 | 40 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt | 25 Watt |
Transistor count | 1508 Million | 181 million |
Floating-point performance | 47.52 gflops | |
Texture fill rate | 2.376 GTexel / s | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Laptop size | large | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10 | 10.1 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | |
Memory clock speed | 950 MHz | 792 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | |
Shared memory | 0 | yes |
Memory bandwidth | 6.34 GB / s | |
Technologies |
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CUDA | ||
HybridPower | ||
PureVideo HD | ||
HDCP support | ||
PCI-E 2.0 | ||
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |