ATI Radeon 9250 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | RV280 | GT200 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Rage 7 | Tesla 2.0 |
| Foundry | UMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 150 nm | 65 nm |
| Number of transistors | 36 million | 1,400 million |
| Die size | 98 mm² | 576 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | G200-300-A2 |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Mar 1st, 2004 | Jun 16th, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R200 | GeForce 200 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCI | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 7 in our database | 59 in our database |
| Predecessor | Radeon R100 | GeForce 9 |
| Successor | Radeon R300 | GeForce 400 |
| Launch price | — | 649 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 240 MHz | 602 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 200 MHz 400 Mbps effective | 1107 MHz 2.2 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1296 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 128 MB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 512 bit |
| Bandwidth | 3.200 GB/s | 141.7 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 4 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 1 | — |
| TMUs | 4 | 80 |
| ROPs | 4 | 32 |
| Shading units | — | 240 |
| SM count | — | 30 |
| Cache L2 | — | 256 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 960.0 MPixel/s | 19.26 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 60.00 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 960.0 MTexel/s | 48.16 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 622.1 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 77.76 GFLOPS (1:8) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | 236 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 550 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Length | — | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| Board number | — | P651 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 8.1 | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 1.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 1.4 | — |
| Vertex shader | 1.1 | — |
| CUDA | — | 1.3 |
| Shader model | — | 4.0 |
