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GeForce GTS 250 1GB vs Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)
Intro
The GeForce GTS 250 1GB comes with core speeds of 738 MHz on the GPU, and 1100 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 128 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM), which has a GPU core clock speed of 800 MHz, and 512 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 480 Stream Processors, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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63 Watts |
| GeForce GTS 250 1GB |
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145 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
The GeForce GTS 250 1GB should in theory perform a little bit faster than the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) overall. (explain)
| GeForce GTS 250 1GB |
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70400 MB/sec |
| Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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64000 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GTS 250 1GB will be much (more or less 146%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM). (explain)| GeForce GTS 250 1GB |
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47232 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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19200 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTS 250 1GB is superior to the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM), by far. (explain)| GeForce GTS 250 1GB |
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11808 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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6400 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
Price Comparison
Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords, and might not be the exact same card listed on this page. We have no control over the accuracy of their search results.
GeForce GTS 250 1GBAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)Amazon.com
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTS 250 1GB | Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | ATi |
| Year | March 3, 2009 | February 2011 |
| Code Name | G92a/b | Turks |
| Fab Process | 65/55 nm | 40 nm |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 512 MB |
| Core Speed | 738 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Shader Speed | 1836 MHz | (N/A) MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1100 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Unified Shaders | 128 | 480 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 64 | 24 |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 8 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.1 | OpenGL 4.1 |
| Power (Max TDP) | 145 watts | 63 watts |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Bandwidth | 70400 MB/sec | 64000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 47232 Mtexels/sec | 19200 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 11808 Mpixels/sec | 6400 Mpixels/sec |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.
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