Radeon HD 3550 vs Radeon HD 4250

Radeon HD 3550
Memory: 512Mb DDR2DESKTOP
Release date: 4 Aug 2008
Radeon HD 3550
Radeon HD 4250
Memory: 512Mb DDR2DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Feb 2009
Radeon HD 4250

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 3550

Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4250

Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon HD 3550Radeon HD 4250
GPU NameRV620 (RV620 PRO)vsRV620 (RV620 LE)
Fab Process55 nmvs55 nm
Die Size67 mm²vs67 mm²
Transistors181 millionvs181 million
Shaders40vs40
Compute Units2vs2
Core clock594 MHzvs594 MHz
ROPs4vs4
TMUs4vs4

Memory Configuration

Radeon HD 3550Radeon HD 4250
Memory TypeDDR2vsDDR2
Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed396 MHz
792 MHz effective
vs396 MHz
792 MHz effective
Memory Size512 Mbvs512 Mb

Additional details

Radeon HD 3550Radeon HD 4250
TDP30 wattsvs25 watts
Release Date4 Aug 2008vs25 Feb 2009

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon HD 3550
    2.38 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 4250
    2.38 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon HD 3550
    2.38 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 4250
    2.38 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon HD 3550
    6.34 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 4250
    6.34 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon HD 3550
    47.52 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 4250
    47.52 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better