GeForce GT 220 vs GTS 250

Place in performance ranking	927	1173
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.05	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name	G92B	GT216
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	4 March 2009 (15 years ago)	12 October 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$79.99
Current price	$131 (0.7x MSRP)	$121 (1.5x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTS 250 and GT 220 have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	128	48
CUDA cores	128	48
Core clock speed	738 MHz	625 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	486 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	58 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	105 °C
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion/sec	9.840
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops	144 gflops

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	no data	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)	6.6" (16.8 cm)
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	no data

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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	790 MHz
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB/s	25.3 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	Two Dual Link DVI	VGADVIHDMI
Multi monitor support	+	+
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	S/PDIF + HDA

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	4.0	4.1
OpenGL	3.0	3.1
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTS 250 1.55
+177%

GT 220 0.56

GTS 250 outperforms GT 220 by 177% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTS 250 600
+179%

GT 220 215

GTS 250 outperforms GT 220 by 179% in Passmark.