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Radeon R7 250X 2GB vs Radeon R9 390 8G

Intro

The Radeon R7 250X 2GB features a core clock frequency of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1125 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

Compare that to the Radeon R9 390 8G, which features a clock speed of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1500 MHz. It also uses a 512-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 250X 2GB 95 Watts
Radeon R9 390 8G 275 Watts
Difference: 180 Watts (189%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 390 8G should be 433% faster than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R9 390 8G 384000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB 72000 MB/sec
Difference: 312000 (433%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 390 8G should be a lot (about 300%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 390 8G 160000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB 40000 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 120000 (300%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 390 8G is quite a bit (approximately 300%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB, and should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R9 390 8G 64000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB 16000 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 48000 (300%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model Radeon R7 250X 2GB Radeon R9 390 8G
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year February 2014 June 2015
Code Name Cape Verde XT Grenada PRO
Memory 2048 MB 8192 MB
Core Speed 1000 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory Speed 4500 MHz 6000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 95 watts 275 watts
Bandwidth 72000 MB/sec 384000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 40000 Mtexels/sec 160000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 16000 Mpixels/sec 64000 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 640 2560
Texture Mapping Units 40 160
Render Output Units 16 64
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 512-bit
Fab Process 28 nm 28 nm
Transistors 1500 million 6200 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 ×16
DirectX Version DirectX 11.2 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.3 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.

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Radeon R7 250X 2GB

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Radeon R9 390 8G

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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

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