UHD Graphics G4 vs GeForce GTS 250

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking972not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.09no data
Power efficiency0.70no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code nameG92BLakefield GT1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date4 March 2009 (15 years ago)28 May 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores128384
Core clock speed738 MHz200 MHz
Boost clock speedno data500 MHz
Number of transistors754 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate44.9316.00
Floating-point processing power0.3871 TFLOPS0.384 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs6432

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x1
Length229 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1100 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth70.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.04.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.1
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 March 2009 28 May 2020
Chip lithography 55 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 15 Watt

UHD Graphics G4 has an age advantage of 11 years, a 450% more advanced lithography process, and 900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 250 and UHD Graphics G4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTS 250 is a desktop card while UHD Graphics G4 is a notebook one.


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