NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 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 250

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
6.1x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 300 MHz
39.3x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 1.2 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 128 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 400 MHz
16.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 591 vs 36

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 March 2009 vs 1 June 2004
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	591 vs 36

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9600

3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 172 vs 54

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	172 vs 54

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

591

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600
PassMark - G3D Mark	591	36
PassMark - G2D Mark	54	172
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 250	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 8
Code name	G92B	M10
Launch date	4 March 2009	1 June 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1021	1024
Price now	$114.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	9.91
Technical info
Core clock speed	1836 MHz	300 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	128	4
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec	1.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	76 million
Boost clock speed		300 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	3.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	300 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128 / 64
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI