NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M380
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M380

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M  vs  AMD Radeon R9 M380.

823
Place in performance rating
378
GT2xx
Architecture
GCN
GT215
Code name
Strato
Laptop
Type
Laptop
15 June 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
16 June 2015 (6 years ago)
$230
Price now
no data
0.09
Value for money
no data
N10E-GE
GPU code name
Strato Pro GDDR5
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M  vs  AMD Radeon R9 M380 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.

96
Pipelines
768
500 MHz
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
727 million
Transistor count
2,080 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
16.00
Texture fill rate
48.00
240 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,536 gflops
96
CUDA cores
no data
360
Gigaflops
no data
96
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
no data
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
727 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million
28 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M and AMD Radeon R9 M380 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M vs AMD Radeon R9 M380.

DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
1500 MHz
51.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
96 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M vs AMD Radeon R9 M380.

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

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
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
no data
DirectCompute 5.0
+
+
HybridPower
no data
8.0
Power management
no data
+
PowerMizer 8.0
no data
+
MXM 3.0 Type-B
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M and AMD Radeon R9 M380 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. 

11.1 (10_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
2.1
OpenGL
4.4
N/A
Vulkan
no data
4.1
Shader Model
6.3
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 R9 M380 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 R9 M380 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 R9 M380
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
AMD Radeon R9 M380
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
AMD Radeon R9 M380
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
AMD Radeon R9 M380
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
AMD Radeon R9 M380
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

There is no accountable advantage

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M380

11.61% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (768 vs 96)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (96 GB/s vs 51.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M or AMD Radeon R9 M380?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 M380 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M versus AMD Radeon R9 M380 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

2.0 Out of 2 Hitesti Score
4.7 Out of 3 Hitesti Score