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GeForce GTS 250 512MB vs Radeon HD 5770
Intro
The GeForce GTS 250 512MB features a core clock speed of 738 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 1100 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 65/55 nm design. It is made up of 128 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.Compare that to the Radeon HD 5770, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 850 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1200 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 800(160x5) SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.
Crysis
| Settings: | High Detail |
| AA: | 4x |
| AF: | none |
| Resolution: | 1680x1050 |
| Test Machine: | Intel Core i5-750,Windows 7 Ultimate x64,3 x 2GB (Source) |
| Radeon HD 5770 |
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34 FPS |
| GeForce GTS 250 512MB |
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27 FPS |
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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
Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 5770 should theoretically be a bit superior to the GeForce GTS 250 512MB overall. (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 should be quite a bit (about 39%) better at anisotropic 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 should be just a bit (more or less 15%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTS 250 512MB, and also capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (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
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 512MBAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 5770Amazon.com
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTS 250 512MB | Radeon HD 5770 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | ATi |
| Year | March 3, 2009 | October 13, 2009 |
| Code Name | G92a/b | Juniper XT |
| Fab Process | 65/55 nm | 40 nm |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
| Memory | 512 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 738 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Shader Speed | 1836 MHz | (N/A) MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1100 MHz (2200 MHz effective) | 1200 MHz (4800 MHz effective) |
| 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 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.1 | OpenGL 3.2 |
| Power (Max TDP) | 145 watts | 108 watts |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Bandwidth | 70400 MB/sec | 76800 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 47232 Mtexels/sec | 34000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 11808 Mpixels/sec | 13600 Mpixels/sec |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.
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