GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon R7 250X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 950 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 950 stacks up against Radeon R7 250X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 950 Radeon R7 250X
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 80 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pins 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
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  • GeForce GTX 950 has 12% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 250X.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 950 and Radeon R7 250X have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 950 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 250X - with GCN 1.0.
  • GeForce GTX 950 and Radeon R7 250X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R7 250X is 203 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 950.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R7 250X is 1619 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 10−12
ultra / 1080p 21−24 6−7
QHD / 1440p 16−18 1−2
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 24−27
medium / 1080p 40−45 14−16
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than Radeon R7 250X.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 950 Radeon R7 250X
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM206 Cape Verde
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 20 August 2015 13 February 2014
Pipelines 768 640
Core clock speed 1024 MHz
Boost Clock 1188 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 2,940 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 49.2 billion/sec 38.00
Floating-point performance 1,825 gflops 1,216 gflops
Length 7.938" (20.2 cm) 210 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6.6 GB/s 1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth 105.6 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA +
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 768
Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
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CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
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GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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