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GeForce GTS 250 512MB vs Radeon HD 5770
Intro
The GeForce GTS 250 512MB features core speeds of 738 MHz on the GPU, and 1100 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 128 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.Compare all that to the Radeon HD 5770, which has core speeds of 850 MHz on the GPU, and 1200 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 800(160x5) SPUs as well as 40 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 5770 |
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108 Watts |
| GeForce GTS 250 512MB |
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145 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
In theory, the Radeon HD 5770 will be 9% quicker than the GeForce GTS 250 512MB overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)
| Radeon HD 5770 |
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76800 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTS 250 512MB |
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70400 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GTS 250 512MB will be much (approximately 39%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 5770. (explain)| GeForce GTS 250 512MB |
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47232 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 5770 |
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34000 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The Radeon HD 5770 will be a small bit (more or less 15%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTS 250 512MB, and able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)| Radeon HD 5770 |
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13600 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GTS 250 512MB |
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11808 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
GeForce GTS 250 512MBAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 5770Amazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTS 250 512MB | Radeon HD 5770 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | March 3, 2009 | October 13, 2009 |
| Code Name | G92a/b | Juniper XT |
| Memory | 512 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 738 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 2200 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 145 watts | 108 watts |
| Bandwidth | 70400 MB/sec | 76800 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 47232 Mtexels/sec | 34000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 11808 Mpixels/sec | 13600 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 128 | 800(160x5) |
| Texture Mapping Units | 64 | 40 |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 16 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Fab Process | 65/55 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 754 million | 1040 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.1 | OpenGL 3.2 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core 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 rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.
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