Graphics card comparison
Radeon R5 340X OEM vs Radeon R7 250X
AMD
Radeon R5 340X OEM
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 5 May 2015
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon R7 250X
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 13 Feb 2014
DESKTOP
Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon R5 340X OEM
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R7 250X
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon R5 340X OEM | Radeon R7 250X |
|---|
| GPU Name | Oland (Oland XT) | Cape Verde (Cape Verde XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 90 mm² | 123 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,040 million | 1,500 million |
| Shaders | 384 | 640 |
| Compute Units | 6 | 10 |
| Core clock | 1000 MHz | 950 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| TMUs | 24 | 40 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon R5 340X OEM | Radeon R7 250X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective | 1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R5 340X OEM | Radeon R7 250X |
|---|
| TDP | 65 watts | 80 watts |
| Release Date | 5 May 2015 | 13 Feb 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon R5 340X OEM8.00 GP/s
- Radeon R7 250X15.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon R5 340X OEM24.00 GT/s
- Radeon R7 250X38.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon R5 340X OEM72.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 250X72.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon R5 340X OEM768.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 250X1216.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better