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GeForce GTS 250 512MB vs Radeon HD 4850 2GB

Intro

The GeForce GTS 250 512MB features a GPU clock speed of 738 MHz, and the 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM is set to run at 1100 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 128 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 4850 2GB, which comes with core speeds of 625 MHz on the GPU, and 993 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR4 RAM. It features 800(160x5) SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 4850 2GB 110 Watts
GeForce GTS 250 512MB 145 Watts
Difference: 35 Watts (32%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTS 250 512MB will be 11% faster than the Radeon HD 4850 2GB overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 512MB 70400 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4850 2GB 63552 MB/sec
Difference: 6848 (11%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTS 250 512MB is a lot (approximately 89%) more effective at AF than the Radeon HD 4850 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 512MB 47232 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4850 2GB 25000 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 22232 (89%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTS 250 512MB is superior to the Radeon HD 4850 2GB, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 512MB 11808 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4850 2GB 10000 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 1808 (18%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTS 250 512MB Radeon HD 4850 2GB
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year March 3, 2009 Jun 25, 2008
Code Name G92a/b RV770 PRO
Memory 512 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 738 MHz 625 MHz
Memory Speed 2200 MHz 1986 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 145 watts 110 watts
Bandwidth 70400 MB/sec 63552 MB/sec
Texel Rate 47232 Mtexels/sec 25000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 11808 Mpixels/sec 10000 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 128 800(160x5)
Texture Mapping Units 64 40
Render Output Units 16 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR4
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 65/55 nm 55 nm
Transistors 754 million 956 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 2.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.1 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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