NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 vs ATI Radeon HD 4250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and ATI Radeon HD 4250 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 Radeon HD 4250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

3.1x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 594 MHz
19.9x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 2.376 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 128 vs 40
8.1x better floating-point performance: 387.1 gflops vs 47.52 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 792 MHz
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 591 vs 123
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 782
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 594 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec vs 2.376 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 40
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops vs 47.52 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 792 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	591 vs 123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 782

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4250

6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 150 Watt
7.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 408 vs 54

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	408 vs 54

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

591

123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

408

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

782

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

782

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	ATI Radeon HD 4250
PassMark - G3D Mark	591	123
PassMark - G2D Mark	54	408
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	782

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	ATI Radeon HD 4250
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92B	RV620
Launch date	4 March 2009	25 February 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1021	839
Price now	$114.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	9.91
Technical info
Core clock speed	1836 MHz	594 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops	47.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	128	40
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec	2.376 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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 2.0 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	10.1
OpenGL	3.0	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB / s	6.34 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	792 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0