GeForce RTX 4070 vs GTS 250M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTS 250M with GeForce RTX 4070, including specs and performance data.

GTS 250M
2009
1 GB GDDR5, 28 Watt
1.43

RTX 4070 outperforms GTS 250M by a whopping 4790% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking99620
Place by popularitynot in top-10032
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data60.20
Power efficiency3.5624.37
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGT215AD104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 June 2009 (15 years ago)12 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores965888
Core clock speed500 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2475 MHz
Number of transistors727 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate16.00455.4
Floating-point processing power0.24 TFLOPS29.15 TFLOPS
Gigaflops360no data
ROPs864
TMUs32184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data240 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin
SLI options+-
MXM TypeMXM 3.0 Type-Bno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount1 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 2000 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s504.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsHDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.9

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.

GTS 250M 1.43
RTX 4070 69.93
+4790%

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.

GTS 250M 553
RTX 4070 26976
+4778%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTS 250M 3659
RTX 4070 128530
+3413%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD28
−682%
219
+682%
1440p2−3
−6050%
123
+6050%
4K1−2
−7500%
76
+7500%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.74
1440pno data4.87
4Kno data7.88

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−5300%
216
+5300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−2300%
140−150
+2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−2875%
110−120
+2875%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−4250%
174
+4250%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−5750%
110−120
+5750%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−5600%
170−180
+5600%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−7833%
230−240
+7833%
Hitman 3 6−7
−2050%
120−130
+2050%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−1593%
250−260
+1593%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−6000%
120−130
+6000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−3575%
290−300
+3575%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−364%
150−160
+364%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−2300%
140−150
+2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−2875%
110−120
+2875%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−3475%
143
+3475%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−5750%
110−120
+5750%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−5600%
170−180
+5600%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−7833%
230−240
+7833%
Hitman 3 6−7
−2050%
120−130
+2050%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−1593%
250−260
+1593%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−6000%
120−130
+6000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−4600%
376
+4600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−1264%
150−160
+1264%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−364%
150−160
+364%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−2300%
140−150
+2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−2875%
110−120
+2875%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−3100%
128
+3100%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−5750%
110−120
+5750%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−7833%
230−240
+7833%
Hitman 3 6−7
−2050%
120−130
+2050%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−1853%
293
+1853%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−3925%
322
+3925%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−1445%
170
+1445%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−276%
124
+276%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−6000%
120−130
+6000%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−8150%
160−170
+8150%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−5450%
110−120
+5450%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−8100%
80−85
+8100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 80−85
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−8000%
81
+8000%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−4000%
80−85
+4000%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1357%
100−110
+1357%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−4340%
222
+4340%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−12500%
120−130
+12500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
−3314%
230−240
+3314%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2775%
110−120
+2775%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−6800%
65−70
+6800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−5700%
55−60
+5700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−5400%
55−60
+5400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 50−55
Far Cry 5 0−1 50−55

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−2433%
75−80
+2433%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Battlefield 5 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Battlefield 5 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Metro Exodus 143
+0%
143
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 222
+0%
222
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Hitman 3 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Metro Exodus 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 115
+0%
115
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 36
+0%
36
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 121
+0%
121
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50
+0%
50
+0%

This is how GTS 250M and RTX 4070 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4070 is 682% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4070 is 6050% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4070 is 7500% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4070 is 12500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 4070 is ahead in 49 tests (71%)
  • there's a draw in 20 tests (29%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.43 69.93
Recency 15 June 2009 12 April 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 200 Watt

GTS 250M has 614.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070, on the other hand, has a 4790.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4070 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 250M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTS 250M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4070 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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