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Radeon R7 240 vs Radeon R7 250
Intro
The Radeon R7 240 makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 730 MHz. The DDR3 memory runs at a speed of 900 MHz on this specific model. It features 320 SPUs as well as 20 Texture Address Units and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare all that to the Radeon R7 250, which features a core clock speed of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1150 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 384 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 Raster Operation Units.
Benchmarks
These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score
| Radeon R7 250 |
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1836 points |
| Radeon R7 240 |
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1218 points |
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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon R7 240 |
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30 Watts |
| Radeon R7 250 |
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65 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
The Radeon R7 250 should in theory perform a lot faster than the Radeon R7 240 overall. (explain)
| Radeon R7 250 |
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73600 MB/sec |
| Radeon R7 240 |
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28800 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon R7 250 will be quite a bit (more or less 64%) better at AF than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)| Radeon R7 250 |
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24000 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon R7 240 |
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14600 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R7 250 is a better choice, by far. (explain)| Radeon R7 250 |
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8000 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon R7 240 |
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5840 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
Price Comparison
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Specifications
| Model | Radeon R7 240 | Radeon R7 250 |
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| Manufacturer | AMD | AMD |
| Year | October 2013 | October 2013 |
| Code Name | Oland PRO | Oland XT |
| Memory | 2048 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 730 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | 4600 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 30 watts | 65 watts |
| Bandwidth | 28800 MB/sec | 73600 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 14600 Mtexels/sec | 24000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 5840 Mpixels/sec | 8000 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 320 | 384 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 20 | 24 |
| Render Output Units | 8 | 8 |
| Bus Type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 1040 million | 1040 million |
| Bus | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11.2 | DirectX 11.2 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.3 | OpenGL 4.3 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.
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Comments
2 Responses to “Radeon R7 240 vs Radeon R7 250”I'm purchasing the AMD A10-7850K APU. This APU can support the R7 240 or 250, however I was unclear which one to choose because it was tough to find real good data on the two GPU's whit side by side comparisons. The information provided in this site spelled out the differences to a novice like me so I could understand the differences between them and improved my knowledge. Thanks!
I have to say I am impressed by the 7850k by itself. Obviously with the R7 250 it will perform even better. I get around 30-50 on High details for most games. I heard that with BF4 that it gets around 40 with crossfire, which is awesome to say the least.