AMD Radeon HD 8250 vs NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8250 and NVIDIA GeForce G100 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8250

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 16x more pipelines: 128 vs 8
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 212 vs 176
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1343 vs 593
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1343 vs 593
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2013 vs 10 March 2009
Pipelines 128 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 212 vs 176
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1343 vs 593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1343 vs 593

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

  • Around 80% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 63 vs 59
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 540 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 63 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
59
63
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
212
176
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1343
593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1343
593
Name AMD Radeon HD 8250 NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL 1075
PassMark - G2D Mark 59 63
PassMark - G3D Mark 212 176
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 628
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1343 593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1343 593
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 G100 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN Tesla
Code name Temash G98
Launch date 1 June 2013 10 March 2009
Place in performance rating 1625 1628
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 400 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 540 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 128 8
Floating-point performance 20.8 gflops
Texture fill rate 4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt
Transistor count 210 million

API support

DirectX 11.1 10.0
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz
Memory type DDR2

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None