Radeon Vega 3 Embedded vs GeForce GTS 250

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	923	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.05	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	G92B	Raven
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	4 March 2009 (15 years old)	6 September 2018 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data
Current price	$131 (0.7x MSRP)	$745

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

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	192
CUDA cores	128	no data
Core clock speed	738 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1001 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion/sec	12.01
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops	no data

Size and 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	IGP
Length	9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	None
SLI options	+	no data

Memory

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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB/s	no data

Video outputs and ports

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	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.0	6.4
OpenGL	3.0	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	4 March 2009	6 September 2018
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	55 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	15 Watt

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