AMD Radeon R7 250X vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900 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 PCX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250X

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 10 month(s) later
27.1x more texture fill rate: 38 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 550 MHz
66.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2269 vs 34
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 258

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 February 2014 vs 17 March 2003
Texture fill rate	38 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2269 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	637 vs 258

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2269

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

637

258

Name	AMD Radeon R7 250X	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
PassMark - G3D Mark	2269	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	637	258
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 PCX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rankine
Code name	Cape Verde	NV35
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	13 February 2014	17 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$99
Place in performance rating	659	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
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	640
Stream Processors	640
Texture fill rate	38 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	135 million
Core clock speed		350 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	210 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync