GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon R7 250

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 250, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1000 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1150 MHz on this specific card. It features 384 SPUs along with 24 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

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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

GeForce GTX 1080		21942 points
Radeon R7 250		1836 points
	Difference: 20106 (1095%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 250		65 Watts
GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
	Difference: 115 Watts (177%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1080 should be 345% quicker than the Radeon R7 250 overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250		73600 MB/sec
	Difference: 254080 (345%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 should be quite a bit (approximately 971%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 250. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250		24000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 233120 (971%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is a lot (about 1186%) better at AA than the Radeon R7 250, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250		8000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 94848 (1186%)

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

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.