Radeon Sky 500 vs GeForce Go 6250
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 455 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 5.78 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | NV44 A2 | Pitcairn |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 February 2006 (19 years ago) | 27 March 2013 (12 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 | 7 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 400 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 75 million | 2,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.600 | 76.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 2.432 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 32 |
| TMUs | 4 | 80 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 320 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
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).
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 242 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
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 | DDR | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 350 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 5.6 GB/s | 154 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort count | no data | 1 |
| Dual-link DVI support | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 February 2006 | 27 March 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 110 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 150 Watt |
Go 6250 has 1400% lower power consumption.
Sky 500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 6250 and Radeon Sky 500. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce Go 6250 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Sky 500 is a workstation one.
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