AMD Cayman
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
AMD Cayman
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Cayman  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M.

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Place in performance rating
823
TeraScale 3
Architecture
GT2xx
Cayman
Code name
GT215
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
15 June 2009 (12 years ago)
$17.44
Price now
$230
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Value for money
0.09
Cayman
GPU code name
N10E-GE
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Cayman  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1536
Pipelines
96
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Core clock speed
500 MHz
2,640 million
Transistor count
727 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
28 Watt
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Texture fill rate
16.00
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Floating-point performance
240 gflops
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CUDA cores
96
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Gigaflops
360
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
2,640 million
Number of transistors
727 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
28 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
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Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
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MXM Type
MXM 3.0 Type-B

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Cayman vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M.

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Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Cayman vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M.

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Display Connectors
HDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVI
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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HDMI
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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CUDA
+
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HybridPower
+
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Power management
8.0
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PowerMizer 8.0
+
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MXM 3.0 Type-B
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
4.4
OpenGL
2.1
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Vulkan
N/A
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Shader Model
4.1
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OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

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


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Cayman

Cheaper ($17.44 vs $230)

More pipelines (1536 vs 96)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

2.49% faster in synthetic tests

So, AMD Cayman or NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M .

AMD Cayman versus NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

5.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score
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