NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M vs AMD Radeon R5 (Carrizo)

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Combined performance score

R5 (Carrizo)
1.83
+28%

Radeon R5 (Carrizo) outperforms GeForce GTS 250M by 28% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking873949
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data0.09
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code nameCarrizoN10E-GE
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2015 (8 years old)15 June 2009 (14 years old)
Current priceno data$230
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores25696
CUDA coresno data96
Core clock speedno data500 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistors2410 Million727 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt28 Watt
Texture fill rateno data16.00
Floating-point performanceno data240 gflops
Gigaflopsno data360

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R5 (Carrizo) and GeForce GTS 250M 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 sizemedium sizedlarge
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
SLI optionsno data+
MXM Typeno dataMXM 3.0 Type-B

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 typeno dataDDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno dataUp to 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data51.2 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 Connectorsno dataHDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVI
HDMIno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536

Technologies

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

Power managementno data8.0

API support

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkanno dataN/A
CUDAno data+

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 HD35−40
+25%
28
−25%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Hitman 3 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Hitman 3 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Hitman 3 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

This is how R5 (Carrizo) and GTS 250M compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • R5 (Carrizo) is 25% faster than GTS 250M

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R5 (Carrizo) is 200% faster than the GTS 250M.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R5 (Carrizo) is ahead in 13 tests (41%)
  • there's a draw in 19 tests (59%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.83 1.43
Recency 4 June 2015 15 June 2009
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 28 Watt

The Radeon R5 (Carrizo) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 250M in performance tests.


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