Radeon HD 5850 vs GeForce GTS 250

Place in performance ranking	924	584
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.05	0.79
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	G92B	Cypress
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	4 March 2009 (15 years ago)	30 September 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$299
Current price	$131 (0.7x MSRP)	$120 (0.4x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI HD 5850 has 1480% better value for money than GTS 250.

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	1440
CUDA cores	128	no data
Core clock speed	738 MHz	725 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	151 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion/sec	52.20
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops	2,088.0 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)	241 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	2x 6-pin
SLI options	+	no data

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB/s	128.0 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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.0
OpenGL	3.0	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

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

ATI HD 5850 5.14
+232%

Radeon HD 5850 outperforms GeForce GTS 250 by 232% 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 250 601

ATI HD 5850 1988
+231%

Radeon HD 5850 outperforms GeForce GTS 250 by 231% in Passmark.