GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs GTS 250

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Aggregate performance score

GTS 250
2009
1 GB GDDR3, 150 Watt
1.55

RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms GTS 250 by a whopping 1103% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking929279
Place by popularitynot in top-10030
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.05no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameG92BGN20-S7
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date4 March 2009 (15 years ago)17 December 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data
Current price$131 (0.7x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1282048
CUDA cores128no data
Core clock speed738 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1477 MHz
Number of transistors754 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt30-45 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate47.2 billion/sec189.1
Floating-point performance387.1 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTS 250 and GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)no data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors6-pinno 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1100 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth70.4 GB/s112.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC supportno data+
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL3.04.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+8.6

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 HD3−4
−1333%
43
+1333%
1440p2−3
−1200%
26
+1200%
4K2−3
−1550%
33
+1550%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.55 18.64
Recency 4 March 2009 17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 30 Watt

The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 250 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTS 250 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is a notebook one.


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