Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 470 vs Radeon R7 250X
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 470
1280 Mb GDDR5
Released 26 Mar 2010
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VS
AMD
Radeon R7 250X
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 13 Feb 2014
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 470116%
- Radeon R7 250X100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 470
- Around 16% higher average synthetic performance.
- Supports PhysX
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R7 250X
- 135 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 470 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 470
The GeForce GTX 470 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 470 | Radeon R7 250X |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF100 (GF100-275-A3) | Cape Verde (Cape Verde XT) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 529 mm² | 123 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,100 million | 1,500 million |
| Shaders | 448 | 640 |
| Compute Units | 14 | 10 |
| Core clock | 608 MHz | 950 MHz |
| ROPs | 40 | 16 |
| TMUs | 56 | 40 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 470 | Radeon R7 250X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 320 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 837 MHz
3348 MHz effective | 1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1280 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 470 | Radeon R7 250X |
|---|
| TDP | 215 watts | 80 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Mar 2010 | 13 Feb 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 47017.00 GP/s
- Radeon R7 250X15.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 47034.00 GT/s
- Radeon R7 250X38.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 470134.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 250X72.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 4701089.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 250X1216.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 4704680
- Radeon R7 250X4020
Points (higher is better)