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    GeForce GTX 480 vs Radeon R7 250X

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 480 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 480 stacks up against Radeon R7 250X, check out specs charts below.
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    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 480 Radeon R7 250X
    Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 80 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 8-pin 1 x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 2 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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    • GeForce GTX 480 has 212% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 250X.
    • GeForce GTX 480 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 250X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 480 has 1534 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 250X.
    • Both cards are used in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 480 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R7 250X - with GCN 1.0.
    • GeForce GTX 480 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 480.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 480 is 223 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250X.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 21−24 10−12
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 6−7
    QHD / 1440p 6−7 1−2
    4K / 2160p 5−6 −
    low / 720p 40−45 24−27
    medium / 1080p 24−27 14−16
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 480 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon R7 250X.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 480 Radeon R7 250X
    Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
    Code name GF100 Cape Verde
    Type Desktop Desktop
    Release date 7 December 2010 13 February 2014
    Pipelines 480 640
    Core clock speed 700 MHz
    Boost Clock 1000 MHz
    Transistor count 3,100 million 1,500 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 42 billion/sec 38.00
    Floating-point performance 1,345.0 gflops 1,216 gflops
    Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) 210 mm
    Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1848 MHz (3696 data rate) 1625 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 177.4 GB/s 96 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    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 16x PCI-E 2.0 PCIe 3.0
    Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support +
    HDMI + +
    HDCP +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Audio input for HDMI Internal
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 117 Mh/s 152 Mh/s
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    CrossFire +
    DDMA audio +
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