ATI Radeon 9250 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce 840A
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | RV280 | GM108 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Rage 7 | Maxwell |
| Foundry | UMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 150 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 36 million | unknown |
| Die size | 98 mm² | unknown |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Mar 1st, 2004 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R200 | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCI | — |
| Reviews | 7 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Radeon R100 | — |
| Successor | Radeon R300 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 240 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 200 MHz 400 Mbps effective | 1001 MHz 2 Gbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1029 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1124 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 128 MB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | DDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 3.200 GB/s | 16.02 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 4 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 1 | — |
| TMUs | 4 | 16 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Shading units | — | 384 |
| SMM count | — | 3 |
| Cache L1 | — | 64 KB (per SMM) |
| Cache L2 | — | 1024 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 960.0 MPixel/s | 8.992 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 60.00 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 960.0 MTexel/s | 17.98 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 863.2 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 26.98 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | IGP |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | 33 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 8.1 | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 1.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | — | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.1 |
| Pixel shader | 1.4 | — |
| Vertex shader | 1.1 | — |
| CUDA | — | 5.0 |
| Shader model | — | 5.1 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Mar 17th, 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 800A |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 700A |
| Successor | — | GeForce 900A |
