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GeForce GTS 250 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

GeForce GTS 250 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Radeon RX 6500 XT

4 GB GDDR6 | 64-bit

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
MSI Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 64-bit 4GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI PCIe 4 Torx Twin Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready OC Graphics Card (RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC)

Buy for CA$399.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 82 minutes ago

vs
FPS Winner

Radeon RX 6500 XT

4 GB GDDR6 | 64-bit

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
MSI Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 64-bit 4GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI PCIe 4 Torx Twin Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready OC Graphics Card (RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC)

Buy for CA$399.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 82 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6500 XT outperforms GeForce GTS 250 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is 4704 days newer than GeForce GTS 250.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT

  • Performs up to 8% better in War Thunder than GeForce GTS 250 - 239 vs 221 FPS
  • Consumes up to 29% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 - 107 vs 150 Watts
  • Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 - 4 vs 1 GB
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War Thunder

War Thunder

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Movie

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Logo
GeForce GTS 250

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2009


FPS

221

92%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022


FPS

239

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$1.67/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$399.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

MSI Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 64-bit 4GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI PCIe 4 Torx Twin Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready OC Graphics Card (RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC)

Buy for CA$399.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 82 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Movie

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Logo
GeForce GTS 250

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2009

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Logo
GeForce GTS 250

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2009


Pixel Fillrate

10.8 GPixel/s

12%

Texel Fillrate

43.2 GTexel/s

24%

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022


Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Logo

GeForce GTS 250

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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Mar 4th, 2009Release Date
Jan 19th, 2022
GeForce 200GenerationNavi II
$199MSRP$199
2x DVIOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
1 GBMemory
4 GB
GDDR3TypeGDDR6
256-bitBus64-bit
64.51 GB/sBandwidth
143.9 GB/s
675 MHzBase Clock Speed
2310 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed2815 MHz
1008 MHzMemory Clock Speed
2248 MHz

PCs Using GeForce GTS 250 or Radeon RX 6500 XT

With selected game settings

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