ATI Radeon 9250 vs GeForce GTX 970M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	412	1609
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.55	no data
Power efficiency	12.98	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code name	GM204	RV280
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 October 2014 (11 years ago)	1 March 2004 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,560.89	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	1280	no data
Core clock speed	924 MHz	240 MHz
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,200 million	36 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	no data
Texture fill rate	83.04	0.96
Floating-point processing power	2.657 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	4
TMUs	80	4
L1 Cache	480 KB	no data
L2 Cache	1536 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 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	AGP 8x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	3 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	120 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
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	+	-
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	-
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	-
Optimus	+	-
BatteryBoost	+	-
Ansel	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	8.1
Shader Model	6.4	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	136	no data
Full HD	58	no data
1440p	27	no data
4K	21	no data

Cost per frame, $

1080p	44.15	no data
1440p	94.85	no data
4K	121.95	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 October 2014	1 March 2004
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm