AMD Radeon HD 8250 vs NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8250 and NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8250

NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8250

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.7x more pipelines: 128 vs 48
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 63 vs 53
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 217 vs 159
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1343 vs 1062
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1343 vs 1062

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2013 vs 22 February 2011
Pipelines	128 vs 48
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	63 vs 53
PassMark - G3D Mark	217 vs 159
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1343 vs 1062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1343 vs 1062

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Around 96% higher core clock speed: 589 MHz vs 300 MHz
4.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4683 vs 1075

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	589 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	4683 vs 1075

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1075

4683

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

217

159

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1343

1062

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1343

1062

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8250	NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	1075	4683
PassMark - G2D Mark	63	53
PassMark - G3D Mark	217	159
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	628
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1343	1062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1343	1062
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	384

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8250	NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Temash	GT218
Launch date	1 June 2013	22 February 2011
Place in performance rating	1620	1622
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	589 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	128	48
Floating-point performance		105.6 gflops
Texture fill rate		7.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		33 Watt
Transistor count		260 million
API support
DirectX	11.1	10.1
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Memory type		DDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None