NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP 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 X1950 PRO AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 575 MHz
6.8x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 6.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Launch date	4 March 2009 vs 25 October 2006
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 66 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 1100 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	1380 MHz vs 1100 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	591
PassMark - G2D Mark	54
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G92B	RV570
Launch date	4 March 2009	25 October 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1021	not rated
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
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	66 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	330 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	AGP 8x
Length	9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	2x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB / s	44.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	1380 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI