AMD Radeon R7 250X vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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.

AMD Radeon R7 250X

NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3.8x more texture fill rate: 38 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
13.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 48
9.3x better floating-point performance: 1,216 gflops vs 130.56 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 666 MHz
9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2269 vs 251
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 249

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 February 2014 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate	38 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 48
Floating-point performance	1,216 gflops vs 130.56 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2269 vs 251
PassMark - G2D Mark	637 vs 249

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 80 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt vs 80 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2269

251

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

637

249

Name	AMD Radeon R7 250X	NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	2269	251
PassMark - G2D Mark	637	249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	32.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	637.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.917
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	51.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	151.805
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 250X	NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Cape Verde	GT216
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	13 February 2014	3 September 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$99
Place in performance rating	660	661
Price now	$260.70
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	11.25
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,216 gflops	130.56 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	48
Stream Processors	640
Texture fill rate	38 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	32 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	486 million
Core clock speed		625 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	210 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	10.66 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync