GeForce GTS 250M vs Radeon HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics and GeForce GTS 250M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics
2012
1.67
+16.8%

HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics outperforms GTS 250M by a moderate 17% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking938994
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data3.54
ArchitectureTerascale 3 (2010−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameno dataGT215
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 May 2012 (12 years ago)15 June 2009 (15 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 cores73696
Core clock speed655 / 600 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistorsno data727 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data28 Watt
Texture fill rateno data16.00
Floating-point processing powerno data0.24 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data360
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data32

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 sizemedium sizedlarge
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
SLI options-+
MXM Typeno dataMXM 3.0 Type-B

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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHzUp to 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data51.2 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno dataHDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVI
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

Power managementno data8.0

API compatibility

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

DirectX1111.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics 1.67
+16.8%
GTS 250M 1.43

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics 3755
+2.6%
GTS 250M 3659

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:

900p23
+27.8%
18−20
−27.8%
Full HD16
−75%
28
+75%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Hitman 3 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+6.7%
14−16
−6.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+3%
30−35
−3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Hitman 3 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+6.7%
14−16
−6.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+9.1%
10−12
−9.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+3%
30−35
−3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Hitman 3 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+6.7%
14−16
−6.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+9.1%
10−12
−9.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+3%
30−35
−3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

This is how HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics and GTS 250M compete in popular games:

  • HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics is 28% faster in 900p
  • GTS 250M is 75% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics is ahead in 24 tests (49%)
  • there's a draw in 25 tests (51%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.67 1.43
Recency 15 May 2012 15 June 2009

HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics has a 16.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 years.

The Radeon HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 250M in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics
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