NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 vs ATI Radeon HD 4830

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and ATI Radeon HD 4830 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 4830

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 575 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 18.4 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Launch date	4 March 2009 vs 21 October 2008
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4830

5x more pipelines: 640 vs 128
Around 90% better floating-point performance: 736.0 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 64% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 844 vs 591
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 56 vs 54

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	640 vs 128
Floating-point performance	736.0 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	844 vs 591
PassMark - G2D Mark	56 vs 54
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4830

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

591

844

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3354

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3354

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	ATI Radeon HD 4830
PassMark - G3D Mark	591	844
PassMark - G2D Mark	54	56
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	ATI Radeon HD 4830
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92B	RV770
Launch date	4 March 2009	21 October 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$130
Place in performance rating	1021	1344
Price now	$114.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	9.91
Technical info
Core clock speed	1836 MHz	575 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops	736.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	128	640
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec	18.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	95 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI	2x 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 2.0 x16
Length	9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)	246 mm
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	1x 6-pin
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	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI