GeForce 6800 Ultra vs Radeon R7 250E

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 250E and GeForce 6800 Ultra, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 250E
2013
1 GB GDDR5, 55 Watt
4.38
+1117%

R7 250E outperforms 6800 Ultra by a whopping 1117% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6691279
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.27no data
Power efficiency5.490.31
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameCape VerdeNV45
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 December 2013 (10 years ago)26 July 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 $499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R7 250E and 6800 Ultra have a nearly equal value for money.

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 cores512no data
Core clock speed800 MHz425 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million222 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt81 Watt
Texture fill rate25.606.800
Floating-point processing power0.8192 TFLOPSno data
ROPs1616
TMUs3216

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length168 mm197 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz550 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s35.2 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

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


Performance score 4.38 0.36
Recency 20 December 2013 26 July 2004
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 81 Watt

R7 250E has a 1116.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 47.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R7 250E is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 6800 Ultra in performance tests.


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