GeForce GTX 965M vs Radeon R7 250

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 250, which features a clock frequency of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1150 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 965M		5650 points
Radeon R7 250		1836 points
	Difference: 3814 (208%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 965M		60 Watts
Radeon R7 250		65 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (8%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R7 250 will be 15% quicker than the GeForce GTX 965M in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R7 250		73600 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 9600 (15%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M is much (about 152%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 250. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250		24000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 36416 (152%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 965M is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250		8000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22208 (278%)

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

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.