AMD Radeon R7 250E vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250E and NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250E

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 720 MHz
  • Around 48% higher texture fill rate: 25.6 GTexel / s vs 17.28 GTexel / s
  • 3.6x more pipelines: 512 vs 144
  • Around 98% better floating-point performance: 819.2 gflops vs 414.7 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 70 Watt
  • 2.8x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 21.562 vs 10.32
  • Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 582.073 vs 306.536
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.2 vs 0.883
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 38.669 vs 18.564
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 98.052 vs 35.369
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2873 vs 1893
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 3323
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2873 vs 1893
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 3323
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 December 2013 vs 14 May 2011
Core clock speed 800 MHz vs 720 MHz
Texture fill rate 25.6 GTexel / s vs 17.28 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 144
Floating-point performance 819.2 gflops vs 414.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt vs 70 Watt
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 21.562 vs 10.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 582.073 vs 306.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.2 vs 0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.669 vs 18.564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 98.052 vs 35.369
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2873 vs 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3698 vs 3323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2873 vs 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3698 vs 3323

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 1 GB
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 1536 MB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250E
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.562
10.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
582.073
306.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.2
0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
38.669
18.564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
98.052
35.369
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2873
1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3698
3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2873
1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3698
3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3356
Name AMD Radeon R7 250E NVIDIA GeForce GT 545
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 21.562 10.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 582.073 306.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.2 0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.669 18.564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 98.052 35.369
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2873 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3698 3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2873 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3698 3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0
PassMark - G3D Mark 1105
PassMark - G2D Mark 325
Geekbench - OpenCL 3673

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 250E NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Cape Verde GF116
Launch date 20 December 2013 14 May 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $109 $149
Place in performance rating 1083 1086
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $55.59
Value for money (0-100) 26.90

Technical info

Core clock speed 800 MHz 720 MHz
Floating-point performance 819.2 gflops 414.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 512 144
Texture fill rate 25.6 GTexel / s 17.28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt 70 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million 1,170 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3