Radeon 760M vs GeForce GTS 250M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTS 250M and Radeon 760M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTS 250M
2009
1 GB DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5, 28 Watt
1.43

Radeon 760M outperforms GTS 250M by a whopping 970% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking953326
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.09no data
ArchitectureGT2xx (2009−2012)RDNA 3
GPU code nameN10E-GEPhoenix
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 June 2009 (15 years ago)5 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price$230 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores96512
CUDA cores96no data
Core clock speed500 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2800 MHz
Number of transistors727 million25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt54 Watt (35 - 54 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate16.0067.20
Floating-point performance240 gflopsno data
Gigaflops360no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTS 250M and Radeon 760M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+no data
MXM TypeMXM 3.0 Type-Bno 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 typeDDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedUp to 2000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth51.2 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 ConnectorsHDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVIPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

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

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.3
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 250M 1.43
Radeon 760M 15.30
+970%

Radeon 760M outperforms GeForce GTS 250M by 970% based on our aggregate 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 250M 553
Radeon 760M 5909
+969%

Radeon 760M outperforms GeForce GTS 250M by 969% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTS 250M 3659
Radeon 760M 32985
+801%

Radeon 760M outperforms GeForce GTS 250M by 801% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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 HD28
−10.7%
31
+10.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1400%
30
+1400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−1450%
30−35
+1450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−1450%
30−35
+1450%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1100%
24
+1100%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1100%
35−40
+1100%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−1300%
40−45
+1300%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−1100%
70−75
+1100%
Hitman 3 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−1120%
60−65
+1120%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−975%
40−45
+975%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−1175%
51
+1175%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−1125%
45−50
+1125%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−1450%
30−35
+1450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−1450%
30−35
+1450%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1700%
18
+1700%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1100%
35−40
+1100%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−1300%
40−45
+1300%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−1100%
70−75
+1100%
Hitman 3 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−1120%
60−65
+1120%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−975%
40−45
+975%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−1000%
44
+1000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−1100%
36
+1100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−1125%
45−50
+1125%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−1450%
30−35
+1450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−1450%
30−35
+1450%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1100%
35−40
+1100%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−1100%
70−75
+1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−1120%
60−65
+1120%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 3−4
−1133%
37
+1133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−1050%
23
+1050%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−1125%
45−50
+1125%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−975%
40−45
+975%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−1300%
27−30
+1300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−1400%
14−16
+1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−1800%
18−20
+1800%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 8−9
Far Cry 5 2−3
−1150%
24−27
+1150%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−1350%
27−30
+1350%
Hitman 3 1−2
−1700%
18−20
+1700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−1450%
30−35
+1450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−1500%
16−18
+1500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1150%
24−27
+1150%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
−1500%
16−18
+1500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 9−10
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 7−8
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 8−9
Far Cry 5 0−1 8−9
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
−1500%
16−18
+1500%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−1400%
14−16
+1400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−1150%
24−27
+1150%
Battlefield 5 4−5
−1150%
50−55
+1150%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−1175%
50−55
+1175%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−1150%
24−27
+1150%
Battlefield 5 4−5
−1150%
50−55
+1150%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−1175%
50−55
+1175%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−1150%
24−27
+1150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−1250%
27−30
+1250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
−1300%
27−30
+1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 10−11

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−1400%
14−16
+1400%
Hitman 3 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 9−10
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 2−3
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 6−7

This is how GTS 250M and Radeon 760M compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 760M is 11% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.43 15.30
Recency 15 June 2009 5 January 2023
Chip lithography 40 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 54 Watt

The Radeon 760M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 250M in performance tests.


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