Graphics card comparison
Radeon R7 250 vs Radeon R7 250X
AMD
Radeon R7 250
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 8 Oct 2013
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VS
AMD
Radeon R7 250X
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 13 Feb 2014
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- Radeon R7 250100%
- Radeon R7 250X146%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon R7 250
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
- Around 46% higher average synthetic performance.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
HWSpot recommends the Radeon R7 250X
The Radeon R7 250X is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon R7 250 | 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 R7 250 | Radeon R7 250X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1150 MHz
4600 MHz effective | 1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R7 250 | Radeon R7 250X |
|---|
| TDP | 65 watts | 80 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Oct 2013 | 13 Feb 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon R7 2508.00 GP/s
- Radeon R7 250X15.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon R7 25024.00 GT/s
- Radeon R7 250X38.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon R7 25073.60 GB/s
- Radeon R7 250X72.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon R7 250768.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 250X1216.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- Radeon R7 2502740
- Radeon R7 250X4020
Points (higher is better)