AMD Radeon R7 250X
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
AMD Radeon R7 250X
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

445
Place in performance rating
590
9.94
Value for money (0-100)
14.78
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Tesla 2.0
Cape Verde
Code name
GT200
Desktop
Type
Desktop
13 February 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
16 June 2008 (13 years ago)
$99
Launch price (MSRP)
$449
$229 (2.3x MSRP)
Price now
$112 (0.2x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
2.33
Value for money
1.07
Cape Verde
GPU code name
GT200
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

640
Pipelines
192
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Core clock speed
576 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
1,500 million
Transistor count
1,400 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
80 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
38.00
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
1,216 gflops
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
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CUDA cores
192
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
1,500 million
Number of transistors
1,400 million
80 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
182 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
210 mm
Length
10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
1 x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
no data
SLI options
+
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
no data
no data
Height
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
448 Bit
1625 MHz
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
96 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
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Multi monitor support
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
1
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 is the additional functionality.

no data
3D Vision
+
no data
CUDA
+
-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
-
HD3D
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
-
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.6
OpenGL
2.1
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R7 250X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R7 250X or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R7 250X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R7 250X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R7 250X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R7 250X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R7 250X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 250X

4.81% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (640 vs 192)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 65 nm)

Less power consumption (80 Watt vs 182 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Cheaper ($112 (0.2x MSRP) vs $229 (2.3x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (896 MB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (111.9 GB/s vs 96 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon R7 250X or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R7 250X .

AMD Radeon R7 250X versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R7 250X
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260