NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 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 4870

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 750 MHz
Around 57% higher texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 30 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 54 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 March 2009 vs 25 June 2008
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec vs 30 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	54 vs 43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3346

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870

6.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 128
3.1x better floating-point performance: 1,200.0 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
3.3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1100 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1386 vs 591

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	800 vs 128
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1386 vs 591

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

591

1386

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3346

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3346

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	ATI Radeon HD 4870
PassMark - G3D Mark	591	1386
PassMark - G2D Mark	54	43
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	ATI Radeon HD 4870
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92B	RV770
Launch date	4 March 2009	25 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$299
Place in performance rating	1021	1329
Price now	$114.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	9.91
Technical info
Core clock speed	1836 MHz	750 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	128	800
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	150 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)	250 mm
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	2x 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	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI