ATI Radeon 9250 vs GeForce 800A

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 800A with Radeon 9250, including specs and performance data.

GeForce 800A
2014
1 GB DDR3, 15 Watt
1.24
+12300%

800A outperforms ATI 9250 by a whopping 12300% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking10441525
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.66no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameGF119RV280
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date17 March 2014 (10 years ago)1 March 2004 (20 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores48no data
Core clock speed475 MHz240 MHz
Number of transistors292 million36 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate3.8000.96
Floating-point processing power0.0912 TFLOPSno data
ROPs44
TMUs84

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB64 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz200 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s3.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)8.1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.4
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 800A 1.24
+12300%
ATI 9250 0.01

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 800A 476
+23700%
ATI 9250 2

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.24 0.01
Recency 17 March 2014 1 March 2004
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 150 nm

GeForce 800A has a 12300% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce 800A is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9250 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 800A is a notebook card while Radeon 9250 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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