AMD Radeon R7 250E vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250E and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250E

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 4.6x more pipelines: 512 vs 112
  • 2.4x better floating-point performance: 819.2 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 91% lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 2845
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3304
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 2845
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3304
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 December 2013 vs 21 July 2008
Pipelines 512 vs 112
Floating-point performance 819.2 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3698 vs 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3698 vs 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3304

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

  • Around 88% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 25.6 GTexel / s
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.6 billion / sec vs 25.6 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250E
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3698
2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3698
2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3304
Name AMD Radeon R7 250E NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 21.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 582.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 98.052
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3698 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3698 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3304
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0
PassMark - G3D Mark 464
PassMark - G2D Mark 63

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 250E NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Tesla
Code name Cape Verde G92
Launch date 20 December 2013 21 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $109 $160
Place in performance rating 1067 1069
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $103.99
Value for money (0-100) 8.86

Technical info

Core clock speed 800 MHz 1500 MHz
Floating-point performance 819.2 gflops 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 512 112
Texture fill rate 25.6 GTexel / s 33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million 754 million
CUDA cores 112
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI