ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | R600 | G92B |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | R600 PRO (215RGMDKA13FG) | G92-426-B1 |
| Architecture | TeraScale | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 80 nm | 55 nm |
| Number of transistors | 720 million | 754 million |
| Die size | 420 mm² | 260 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Dec 12th, 2007 | Mar 4th, 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R600 | GeForce 200 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 63 in our database | 58 in our database |
| Predecessor | Radeon R500 PCIe | GeForce 9 |
| Successor | Radeon R700 | GeForce 400 |
| Launch price | — | 199 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 600 MHz | 675 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective | 1008 MHz 2 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1620 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 51.20 GB/s | 64.51 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 320 | 128 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 64 |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| Compute units | 4 | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | 64 KB |
| SM count | — | 16 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 9.600 GPixel/s | 10.80 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 9.600 GTexel/s | 43.20 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 384.0 GFLOPS | 414.7 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 241 mm 9.5 inches | 229 mm 9 inches |
| TDP | 200 W | 150 W |
| Suggested PSU | 550 W | 450 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video | 2x DVI |
| Power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | — | P365 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 10.0 (10_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 (full) 4.0 (partial) | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
