GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon R7 250X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 570 and Radeon R7 250X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 570 stacks up against Radeon R7 250X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 570 Radeon R7 250X
Power consumption (TDP) 219 Watt 80 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 570 has 173% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 250X.
  • GeForce GTX 570 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 250X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 570 has 1278 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 250X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 570 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R7 250X - with GCN 1.0.
  • GeForce GTX 570 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 250X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R7 250X is 200 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 570.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 570 is 275 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 10−12
ultra / 1080p 12−14 6−7
QHD / 1440p 6−7 1−2
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 35−40 24−27
medium / 1080p 24−27 14−16
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 570 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 81% more, than Radeon R7 250X.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 570 Radeon R7 250X
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
Code name GF110 Cape Verde
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 7 December 2010 13 February 2014
Pipelines 480 640
Core clock speed 1464 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 43.9 billion/sec 38.00
Floating-point performance 1,405.4 gflops 1,216 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) 210 mm
Memory bus width 320 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1900 MHz (3800 data rate) 1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth 152.0 GB/s 96 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.2 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 480
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI + +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
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