GeForce GTX 490 vs GTS 250M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	951	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.09	no data
Architecture	GT2xx (2009−2012)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	N10E-GE	GF100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 June 2009 (14 years ago)	no data
Current price	$230	$315

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	96	480
CUDA cores	96	no data
Core clock speed	500 MHz	608 MHz
Number of transistors	727 million	3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	365 Watt
Texture fill rate	16.00	36.48
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	no data
Gigaflops	360	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTS 250M and GeForce GTX 490 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 size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	279 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 8-pin
SLI options	+	no data
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B	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	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1536 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 2000 MHz	3.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	164.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no 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 Connectors	HDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVI	3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

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

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.1	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	2.0

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1536 MB
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	365 Watt

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