ATI Radeon 9250 vs GeForce GT 220

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	1225	1541
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.67	no data
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code name	GT216	RV280
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	12 October 2009 (15 years ago)	1 March 2004 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	no data
Core clock speed	625 MHz	240 MHz
Number of transistors	486 million	36 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	9.840	0.96
Floating-point processing power	0.1277 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	4
TMUs	16	4

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	790 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.3 GB/s	3.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	VGADVIHDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF + HDA	no data

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	8.1
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	3.1	1.4
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

21

no data

Cost per frame, $

1080p

3.81

no data

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 October 2009	1 March 2004
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	150 nm

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