GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs ATI Radeon 9250

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 9250 and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI 9250
2004
64 MB DDR
0.01

RTX 3070 Ti outperforms ATI 9250 by a whopping 611100% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking152532
Place by popularitynot in top-10092
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data52.67
Power efficiencyno data14.45
ArchitectureRage 7 (2001−2006)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRV280GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 March 2004 (20 years ago)31 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 coresno data6144
Core clock speed240 MHz1575 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1770 MHz
Number of transistors36 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data290 Watt
Texture fill rate0.96339.8
Floating-point processing powerno data21.75 TFLOPS
ROPs496
TMUs4192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 12-pin

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 typeDDRGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount64 MB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed200 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth3.2 GB/s608.3 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL1.44.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-8.6

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.

ATI 9250 0.01
RTX 3070 Ti 61.12
+611100%

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.

ATI 9250 2
RTX 3070 Ti 23553
+1177550%

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 HD-0−1177
1440p-0−195
4K-0−161

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.38
1440pno data6.31
4Kno data9.82

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 174
+0%
174
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 171
+0%
171
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Battlefield 5 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 138
+0%
138
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Battlefield 5 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 121
+0%
121
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 316
+0%
316
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 103
+0%
103
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 111
+0%
111
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 243
+0%
243
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 274
+0%
274
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 147
+0%
147
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 108
+0%
108
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 93
+0%
93
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 73
+0%
73
+0%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Hitman 3 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 184
+0%
184
+0%
Metro Exodus 135
+0%
135
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 205
+0%
205
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Hitman 3 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Metro Exodus 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 109
+0%
109
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 58
+0%
58
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 36
+0%
36
+0%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 119
+0%
119
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 46
+0%
46
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.01 61.12
Recency 1 March 2004 31 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 8 nm

RTX 3070 Ti has a 611100% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 17 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1775% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9250 in performance tests.


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