ATI Radeon 9250 vs GeForce GTX 660M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	771	1600
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.31	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code name	GK107	RV280
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	22 March 2012 (13 years ago)	1 March 2004 (21 years ago)

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 cores	384	no data
Core clock speed	835 MHz	240 MHz
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,270 million	36 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	30.40	0.96
Floating-point processing power	0.7296 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	32	4
L1 Cache	32 KB	no data
L2 Cache	256 KB	no data

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	AGP 8x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
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 type	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	128bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB/s	3.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

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API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 API	8.1
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.5	1.4
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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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:

900p	30	no data
Full HD	35	no data
1200p	38	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	22 March 2012	1 March 2004
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm

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