NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 vs ATI Radeon HD 2400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and ATI Radeon HD 2400 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 4.6x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 398 MHz
  • 29.6x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 1.592 GTexel / s
  • 3.2x more pipelines: 128 vs 40
  • 12.2x better floating-point performance: 387.1 gflops vs 31.84 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 990 MHz
  • 4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 597 vs 121
  • 5.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 635
  • 5.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 635
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 March 2009 vs 19 February 2008
Core clock speed 1836 MHz vs 398 MHz
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec vs 1.592 GTexel / s
Pipelines 128 vs 40
Floating-point performance 387.1 gflops vs 31.84 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz vs 990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 597 vs 121
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 635
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 635

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2400

  • 7.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 5.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 298 vs 56
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 298 vs 56

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2400

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
597
121
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
56
298
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
635
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
635
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 ATI Radeon HD 2400
PassMark - G3D Mark 597 121
PassMark - G2D Mark 56 298
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 635
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 635

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 ATI Radeon HD 2400

Essentials

Architecture Tesla TeraScale
Code name G92B RV610
Launch date 4 March 2009 19 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 1048 1050
Price now $114.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 9.91

Technical info

Core clock speed 1836 MHz 398 MHz
CUDA cores 128
Floating-point performance 387.1 gflops 31.84 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 128 40
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec 1.592 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 20 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 180 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI 1x DVI, 1x S-Video
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 None

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.0 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 70.4 GB / s 7.92 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz 990 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR2

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI