NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 vs AMD Radeon R7 250

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Games supported 58%
AMD Radeon R7 250
Radeon R7 250
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  • Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
  • Core clock speed 0
  • Max video memory 2048 MB
  • Memory type DDR3, GDDR5
  • Memory clock speed 1150
  • Maximum resolution
NVIDIA GeForce GT 545
NVIDIA GeForce GT 545
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  • Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
  • Core clock speed 720 MHz
  • Max video memory 1536 MB
  • Memory type DDR3
  • Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
  • Maximum resolution
Price now 195$
Games supported 58%

General info

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

Place in performance rating695697
Value for money0.130.19
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameOland XTGF116
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date1 October 2013 (9 years old)14 May 2011 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$89 $149
Current price$281 (3.2x MSRP)$195 (1.3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384144
Core clock speedno data720 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHzno data
Number of transistors950 million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)75 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate25.2017.28
Floating-point performance716.8 gflops414.7 gflops

Dimensions and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mm145 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsN/ANone

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3, GDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1150 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s38.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI++
DisplayPort support-no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration+no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data
DDMA audio+no data

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkanno dataN/A
Mantle-no data
CUDAno data2.1

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.


Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.

R7 250 2.76
+0.4%
GT 545 2.75
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Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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.

Benchmark coverage: 24%

R7 250 1093
+0.6%
GT 545 1087

Radeon R7 250 outperforms GeForce GT 545 by 1% in Passmark.

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of Radeon R7 250 and GeForce GT 545. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 117 Mh/s 35 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 3 Mh/s no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD19no data

Popular games

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Cyberpunk 2077 6−7 no data
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6 no data
Battlefield 5 6−7 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7 no data
Far Cry 5 5−6 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5 no data
Forza Horizon 4 7−8 no data
Hitman 3 4−5 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3 no data
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6 no data
Battlefield 5 6−7 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7 no data
Far Cry 5 5−6 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5 no data
Forza Horizon 4 7−8 no data
Hitman 3 4−5 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3 no data
Metro Exodus 5−6 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3 no data
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6 no data
Battlefield 5 6−7 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7 no data
Far Cry 5 5−6 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5 no data
Forza Horizon 4 7−8 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7 no data
Hitman 3 6−7 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7 no data
Metro Exodus 4−5 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 no data
Far Cry 5 5−6 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 no data
Forza Horizon 4 2−3 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 no data
Hitman 3 3−4 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 no data
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 no data
Far Cry 5 4−5 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7 no data
Forza Horizon 4 2−3 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 no data

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance rating 2.76 2.75
Recency 1 October 2013 14 May 2011
Cost $89 $149
Memory bus width 128 192
Pipelines / CUDA cores 384 144
Memory bandwidth 72 38.4
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Thermal design power (TDP) 75 Watt 70 Watt

Technical City couldn't decide between

AMD Radeon R7 250
Radeon R7 250

and

NVIDIA GeForce GT 545
GeForce GT 545

The differences in performance seem too small.


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Competitors of Radeon R7 250 by NVIDIA

We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon R7 250 from NVIDIA is GeForce GT 545, which is nearly equal in speed and is lower by 2 positions in our rating.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 GeForce GT 545
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Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon R7 250:

GeForce 940A 104.71
GeForce 830A 104.35
GeForce 930A 104.35
Radeon R7 250 100
GeForce 920A 81.52

Competitors of GeForce GT 545 by AMD

We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GT 545 from AMD is Radeon R7 250, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our rating.

AMD Radeon R7 250 Radeon R7 250
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