GeForce GTS 250 vs Radeon RX 480 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	1053
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.07
Power efficiency	no data	0.69
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Ellesmere	G92B
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	4 August 2016 (9 years ago)	4 March 2009 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$450	$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	2304	128
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	738 MHz
Boost clock speed	1077 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,700 million	754 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	150 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	105 °C
Texture fill rate	155.1	44.93
Floating-point processing power	4.963 TFLOPS	0.3871 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	144	64
L1 Cache	576 KB	no data
L2 Cache	2 MB	64 KB

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	large	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	229 mm
Height	no data	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin
SLI options	-	+

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	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	70.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	No outputs	Two Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	S/PDIF

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.4	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.0
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 August 2016	4 March 2009
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	150 Watt