NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150 OEM

Around 21% better floating-point performance: 470.0 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 141 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 82% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1100 MHz

Floating-point performance	470.0 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	141 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1100 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

2.5x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 738 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm

Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 738 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
PassMark - G3D Mark		598
PassMark - G2D Mark		57
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G92B
Launch date	10 March 2009	4 March 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	1048
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$114.99
Value for money (0-100)		9.91
Technical info
Core clock speed	738 MHz	1836 MHz
Floating-point performance	470.0 gflops	387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	128	128
Texture fill rate	47.2 GTexel / s	47.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	141 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	754 million
CUDA cores		128
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	6-pin
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI