GeForce GTS 240 OEM vs Radeon R7 250XE

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameCape VerdeG92B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date21 August 2014 (10 years ago)1 July 2009 (16 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 cores640112
Core clock speed860 MHz675 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate34.4037.80
Floating-point processing power1.101 TFLOPS0.3629 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs4056

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 2.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Width1-slot1-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 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s70.4 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 August 2014 1 July 2009
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 120 Watt

R7 250XE has an age advantage of 5 years, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 250XE and GeForce GTS 240 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

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