ATI Radeon 9250 vs GeForce GTX 965M SLI

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking3661591
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameno dataRV280
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 January 2015 (10 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 cores2048no data
Core clock speed924 MHz240 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHzno data
Number of transistors2x 5200 Million36 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Texture fill rateno data0.96
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data4

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataAGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount2x 4 GB64 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz200 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data3.2 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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12_18.1
OpenGLno data1.4
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA+-

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 HD72no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 90−95 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35 no data
Hogwarts Legacy 30−33 no data

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 65−70 no data
Counter-Strike 2 90−95 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35 no data
Far Cry 5 50−55 no data
Fortnite 85−90 no data
Forza Horizon 4 65−70 no data
Forza Horizon 5 50−55 no data
Hogwarts Legacy 30−33 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60−65 no data
Valorant 120−130 no data

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 65−70 no data
Counter-Strike 2 90−95 no data
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 200−210 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35 no data
Dota 2 95−100 no data
Far Cry 5 50−55 no data
Fortnite 85−90 no data
Forza Horizon 4 65−70 no data
Forza Horizon 5 50−55 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 60−65 no data
Hogwarts Legacy 30−33 no data
Metro Exodus 30−35 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60−65 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45 no data
Valorant 120−130 no data

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 65−70 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35 no data
Dota 2 95−100 no data
Far Cry 5 50−55 no data
Forza Horizon 4 65−70 no data
Hogwarts Legacy 30−33 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60−65 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45 no data
Valorant 120−130 no data

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 85−90 no data

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 30−35 no data
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 110−120 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 24−27 no data
Metro Exodus 20−22 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160 no data
Valorant 150−160 no data

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 45−50 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16 no data
Far Cry 5 35−40 no data
Forza Horizon 4 35−40 no data
Hogwarts Legacy 18−20 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27 no data

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 35−40 no data

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 12−14 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 27−30 no data
Hogwarts Legacy 10−11 no data
Metro Exodus 12−14 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24 no data
Valorant 85−90 no data

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 24−27 no data
Counter-Strike 2 12−14 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7 no data
Dota 2 55−60 no data
Far Cry 5 16−18 no data
Forza Horizon 4 27−30 no data
Hogwarts Legacy 10−11 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18 no data

4K
Epic

Fortnite 16−18 no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2015 1 March 2004
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm

GTX 965M SLI has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 965M SLI and Radeon 9250. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 965M SLI is a notebook graphics card while Radeon 9250 is a desktop one.

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