NVIDIA Quadro P500 vs ATI Radeon HD 4250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P500 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro P500

ATI Radeon HD 4250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P500

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 594 MHz
8.9x more texture fill rate: 21.25 GTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 256 vs 40
14.3x better floating-point performance: 679.9 gflops vs 47.52 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
6.3x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 792 MHz
13.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1631 vs 123
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 782
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2018 vs 25 February 2009
Core clock speed	1455 MHz vs 594 MHz
Texture fill rate	21.25 GTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
Pipelines	256 vs 40
Floating-point performance	679.9 gflops vs 47.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 792 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1631 vs 123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 782

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4250

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 30 Watt
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 408 vs 240

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	408 vs 240

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P500
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1631

123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

240

408

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

782

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

782

Name	NVIDIA Quadro P500	ATI Radeon HD 4250
PassMark - G3D Mark	1631	123
PassMark - G2D Mark	240	408
Geekbench - OpenCL	6226
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2622
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	782

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro P500	ATI Radeon HD 4250
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale
Code name	GP108	RV620
Launch date	5 January 2018	25 February 2009
Place in performance rating	801	799
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1519 MHz
Core clock speed	1455 MHz	594 MHz
Floating-point performance	679.9 gflops	47.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	256	40
Texture fill rate	21.25 GTexel / s	2.376 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12_1	10.1
Vulkan
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.1 GB / s	6.34 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	792 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	yes
Technologies
CUDA
Multi Monitor
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0