NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI vs ATI Radeon HD 4250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M 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 285M SLI

  • 6.4x more pipelines: 256 vs 40
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 1020 MHz vs 792 MHz
Pipelines 256 vs 40
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1020 MHz vs 792 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4250

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 594 MHz vs 576 MHz
  • 6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 150 Watt
Core clock speed 594 MHz vs 576 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4250

Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI ATI Radeon HD 4250
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 285M SLI ATI Radeon HD 4250

Essentials

Architecture G9x TeraScale
Code name N10E-GTX RV620
Launch date 2 March 2009 25 February 2009
Place in performance rating not rated 799
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 576 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

Laptop size large
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10 10.1
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1020 MHz 792 MHz
Memory type GDDR3
Shared memory 0 yes
Memory bandwidth 6.34 GB / s

Technologies

CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

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