AMD Radeon R7 250E vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250E and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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.

AMD Radeon R7 250E

NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250E

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 275 MHz
23.3x more texture fill rate: 25.6 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
9x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 500 MHz

Launch date	20 December 2013 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	25.6 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250E
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300

Name	AMD Radeon R7 250E	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
PassMark - G3D Mark		13
PassMark - G2D Mark		159

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 250E	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rankine
Code name	Cape Verde	NV34 A1
Launch date	20 December 2013	1 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	1067	1064
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	819.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	25.6 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR