NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 vs ATI Radeon 9250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 and ATI Radeon 9250 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

ATI Radeon 9250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
5.9x more core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 240 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
14x more maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 64 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 1134 MHz vs 400 MHz
461.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1385 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 January 2009 vs 1 March 2004
Core clock speed	1404 MHz vs 240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	896 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1134 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1385 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9250

19x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 50.6 billion / sec
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 127 vs 67

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 50.6 billion / sec
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	127 vs 67

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1385

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

127

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	ATI Radeon 9250
PassMark - G3D Mark	1385	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	67	127
Geekbench - OpenCL	23256
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3195
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3195

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	ATI Radeon 9250
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Rage 7
Code name	GT200B	RV280
Launch date	15 January 2009	1 March 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	1231	1234
Price now	$119.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.43
Technical info
Core clock speed	1404 MHz	240 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	673.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	150 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240
Texture fill rate	50.6 billion / sec	960 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	219 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.1
OpenGL	3.0	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	127.0 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1134 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI