GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs ATI Radeon 9250
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1574 | 145 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 16.26 |
| Architecture | Rage 7 (2001−2006) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | RV280 | GA106 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 March 2004 (21 years ago) | 12 October 2022 (2 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 | no data | 3584 |
| Core clock speed | 240 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1777 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 36 million | 12,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 170 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.96 | 199.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 12.74 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 |
| TMUs | 4 | 112 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 112 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 28 |
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).
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 242 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 12-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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 200 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 3.2 GB/s | 240.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 8.1 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 1.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 March 2004 | 12 October 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 8 nm |
RTX 3060 8 GB has an age advantage of 18 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1775% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 9250 and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
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