GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile vs Radeon R5 M250
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 31 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 41.62 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Jet | AD103 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | no data | 3 January 2023 (3 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 | 320 | 9728 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 1335 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 700 MHz | 1695 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 690 million | 45,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 120 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 14.00 | 515.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.448 TFLOPS | 32.98 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 112 |
| TMUs | 20 | 304 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 304 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 76 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 9.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 64 MB |
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 | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
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 | DDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MBps | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | 576.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
| 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 | Portable Device Dependent | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 (5.1) | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 (1.2) | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.170 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 4 nm |
RTX 4090 Mobile has a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 M250 and GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R5 M250 is a desktop graphics card while GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile is a notebook one.
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