AMD Radeon HD 6250
The AMD Radeon HD 6250 (or sometimes also called ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6250) is an integrated graphics card in the Ontario netbook processors (e.g., C-50 and C-30). It is based on the same graphics core as the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 but without any dedicated memory. Furthermore, it features the newer UVD3 video processor.
The 3D performance of the HD 6250 is located in the low end above the integrated chipset graphics card of the 880M chipset (e.g. Radeon HD 4250). Due to the slow processor, the gaming is however very restricted. In our tests only very old games ran fluent in medium detail settings (e.g. Half Life 2). Even non demanding games like Trackmania Nations Forever ran in our tests with a C-50 APU only in low settings. Modern games like Starcraft 2 or Battlefield Bad Company 2 are unplayable.
The new UVD3 video decoder allows the decoding of HD videos using the graphics card. It allows the parallel decoding of two MPEG2, H.264 and VC-1 streams and therefore compatible to BD-Live. Furthermore, the new UVD3 also supports DivX, Xvid and MPEG4 Part 2 decoding. Blu-Ray 3D via MCV (Multiview Video Coding) of the UVD3 is not supported due to the low processing power.
The power consumption of the HD 6250 is quite low as it is directly integrated in the processor. The whole processor containing northbridge parts, a memory controller and the gpu is specified with 9 Watt TDP.
| Manufacturer | AMD | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Codename | Zacate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | Terascale 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 80 - unified | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed * | 280 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
| DirectX | DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 40 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | DirectX 11, UVD3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 16.11.2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Link to Manufacturer Page | http://www.amd.com/us/products/notebook/... |
| CPU | GPU Base Speed | GPU Boost / Turbo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Z-60 | 2 x 1000 MHz, 4.5 W | 276 MHz | ? MHz |
| min. - max. | 276 - 276 MHz | ? - ? MHz | |
Benchmarks
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
