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GeForce GTS 250 vs GeForce RTX 3090

GeForce GTS 250 vs GeForce RTX 3090: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3090 outperforms GeForce GTS 250 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3090 is 4199 days newer than GeForce GTS 250.

Advantages of GeForce GTS 250

  • Consumes up to 57% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 - 150 vs 350 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3090

  • Performs up to 326% better in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt than GeForce GTS 250 - 145 vs 34 FPS
  • Up to 2300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 - 24 vs 1 GB
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra+

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Logo
GeForce GTS 250

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2009


FPS

34

23%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Logo
GeForce RTX 3090

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


FPS

145

100%

Value, $/FPS

$11.55/FPS

100%

Price, $

$1675

100%

FPS and Value Winner

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra+

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Logo
GeForce GTS 250

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2009

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Logo
GeForce RTX 3090

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Logo
GeForce GTS 250

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2009


Pixel Fillrate

10.8 GPixel/s

6%

Texel Fillrate

43.2 GTexel/s

8%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Logo
GeForce RTX 3090

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


Pixel Fillrate

189.8 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

556 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Logo

GeForce GTS 250

vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Logo

GeForce RTX 3090

Mar 4th, 2009Release Date
Sep 1st, 2020
GeForce 200GenerationGeForce 30
$199
MSRP$1499
2x DVIOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 12-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
1 GBMemory
24 GB
GDDR3TypeGDDR6X
256-bitBus384-bit
64.51 GB/sBandwidth
936.2 GB/s
675 MHzBase Clock Speed
1395 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1695 MHz
1008 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1219 MHz

PCs Using GeForce GTS 250 or GeForce RTX 3090

With selected game settings

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