NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 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 X1900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
4.6x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 400 MHz
9.8x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
3.6x more pipelines: 128 vs 36
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 960 MHz
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 591 vs 135
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 1398
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 1398

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 March 2009 vs 11 January 2007
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 36
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 960 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	591 vs 135
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 1398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 1398

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

5.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 287 vs 54

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	287 vs 54

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

591

135

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

287

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

1398

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

1398

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
PassMark - G3D Mark	591	135
PassMark - G2D Mark	54	287
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	1398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	1398

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G92B	M68
Launch date	4 March 2009	11 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1021	1022
Price now	$114.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	9.91
Technical info
Core clock speed	1836 MHz	400 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	128	36
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	384 million
Boost clock speed		400 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB / s	30.72 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	470 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	960 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	256
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI
Powerplay 6.0