AMD Radeon R7 250X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250X
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 38 GTexel / s vs 25.1 billion / sec
- 3.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 192
- 2x better floating-point performance: 1,216 gflops vs 601.3 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 106 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
- Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2269 vs 1322
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 310
- 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 32.22 vs 14.758
- 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 638.532 vs 302.509
- 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.963 vs 0.965
- 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 51.987 vs 14.925
- 5.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 151.963 vs 27.656
- Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3916 vs 2160
- Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3365
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3325
- Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3916 vs 2160
- Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3365
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3325
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 13 February 2014 vs 13 September 2010 |
| Texture fill rate | 38 GTexel / s vs 25.1 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 640 vs 192 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,216 gflops vs 601.3 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 80 Watt vs 106 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 1 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2269 vs 1322 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 637 vs 310 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 32.22 vs 14.758 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 638.532 vs 302.509 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.963 vs 0.965 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 51.987 vs 14.925 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 151.963 vs 27.656 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3916 vs 2160 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3716 vs 3365 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 vs 3325 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3916 vs 2160 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3716 vs 3365 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 vs 3325 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
- Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 1625 MHz
| Memory clock speed | 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 1625 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
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| Name | AMD Radeon R7 250X | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2269 | 1322 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 637 | 310 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 32.22 | 14.758 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 638.532 | 302.509 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.963 | 0.965 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 51.987 | 14.925 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 151.963 | 27.656 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3916 | 2160 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3716 | 3365 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | 3325 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3916 | 2160 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3716 | 3365 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | 3325 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 | 0 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 4907 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R7 250X | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Fermi |
| Code name | Cape Verde | GF106 |
| Design | AMD Radeon R7 200 Series | |
| Launch date | 13 February 2014 | 13 September 2010 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $99 | $129 |
| Place in performance rating | 659 | 1130 |
| Price now | $260.70 | $64.99 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 11.25 | 26.46 |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,216 gflops | 601.3 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 640 | 192 |
| Stream Processors | 640 | |
| Texture fill rate | 38 GTexel / s | 25.1 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 80 Watt | 106 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,500 million | 1,170 million |
| Core clock speed | 1566 MHz | |
| CUDA cores | 192 | |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 100 °C | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI |
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| Eyefinity | ||
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | PCI-E 2.0 x 16 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 210 mm | 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm) |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 6-pin | 6-pin |
| Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | |
| SLI options | 2-way | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.2 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | 57.7 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1625 MHz | 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| CrossFire | ||
| DDMA audio | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| 3D Vision | ||
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| DSR | ||
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