NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
VS
AMD Radeon R7 M360
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
VS
AMD Radeon R7 M360

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M and AMD Radeon R7 M360. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

823
Place in performance rating
827
GT2xx
Architecture
GCN 2.0
GT215
Code name
Meso
Laptop
Type
Laptop
15 June 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
6 May 2015 (6 years ago)
$230
Price now
$879
0.09
Value for money
0.18
N10E-GE
GPU code name
Meso
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M and AMD Radeon R7 M360 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

96
Pipelines
384
500 MHz
Core clock speed
1125 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
1125 MHz
727 million
Transistor count
1,550 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
16.00
Texture fill rate
27.00
240 gflops
Floating-point performance
864.0 gflops
96
CUDA cores
no data
no data
Compute units
6
360
Gigaflops
no data
96
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
no data
Boost clock speed
1125 MHz
727 million
Number of transistors
1,550 million
28 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M and AMD Radeon R7 M360.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
large
Laptop size
no data
+
SLI options
no data
PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
MXM 3.0 Type-B
MXM Type
no data

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M and AMD Radeon R7 M360 can be seen in this section.

DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
51.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M and AMD Radeon R7 M360, the size and number of monitors.

HDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVI
Display Connectors
No outputs
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
no data
Eyefinity
1
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M and AMD Radeon R7 M360 is the additional functionality.

+
CUDA
no data
no data
AppAcceleration
-
no data
FreeSync
1
no data
HD3D
+
no data
PowerTune
+
no data
TrueAudio
-
no data
ZeroCore
+
no data
Enduro
-
no data
DualGraphics
1
no data
Switchable graphics
1
+
HybridPower
no data
8.0
Power management
no data
+
PowerMizer 8.0
no data
+
MXM 3.0 Type-B
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M and AMD Radeon R7 M360. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
2.1
OpenGL
4.4
N/A
Vulkan
+
4.1
Shader Model
6.0
1.1
OpenCL
Not Listed
no data
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M and AMD Radeon R7 M360 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M or AMD Radeon R7 M360 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
AMD Radeon R7 M360
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
AMD Radeon R7 M360
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
AMD Radeon R7 M360
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
AMD Radeon R7 M360
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
AMD Radeon R7 M360
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

Cheaper ($230 vs $879)

More memory bandwidth (51.2 GB/s vs 14.4 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 M360

0.01% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 96)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M or AMD Radeon R7 M360?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R7 M360 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M versus AMD Radeon R7 M360 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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