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GeForce GTS 250 1GB vs GeForce GTX 880M

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 as well as 64 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 880M, which has core speeds of 954 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1536 SPUs along with 128 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 880M 130 Watts
GeForce GTS 250 1GB 145 Watts
Difference: 15 Watts (12%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 880M should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTS 250 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M 128000 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 250 1GB 70400 MB/sec
Difference: 57600 (82%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 880M will be a lot (more or less 159%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTS 250 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M 122112 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 250 1GB 47232 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 74880 (159%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 880M should be much (approximately 159%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTS 250 1GB, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M 30528 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 250 1GB 11808 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 18720 (159%)

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 1GB GeForce GTX 880M
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year March 3, 2009 March 12 2014
Code Name G92a/b GK104
Memory 1024 MB 4096 MB
Core Speed 738 MHz 954 MHz
Memory Speed 2200 MHz 4000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 145 watts 130 watts
Bandwidth 70400 MB/sec 128000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 47232 Mtexels/sec 122112 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 11808 Mpixels/sec 30528 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 128 1536
Texture Mapping Units 64 128
Render Output Units 16 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 65/55 nm 28 nm
Transistors 754 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.1 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock 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 that the graphics chip can 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 Raster Operations Pipelines 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 fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.

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