Compare any two graphics cards:
VS

Radeon R7 250 vs Radeon R7 250X

Intro

The Radeon R7 250 has clock speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 1150 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 384 SPUs as well as 24 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 250X, which features GPU core speed of 1000 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 640 Stream Processors, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

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 250X 2860 points
Radeon R7 250 1836 points
Difference: 1024 (56%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 250 65 Watts
Radeon R7 250X 95 Watts
Difference: 30 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R7 250 should be a bit faster than the Radeon R7 250X in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 250 73600 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250X 72000 MB/sec
Difference: 1600 (2%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 250X will be quite a bit (more or less 67%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 250. (explain)

Radeon R7 250X 40000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250 24000 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 16000 (67%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 250X should be quite a bit (about 100%) better at AA than the Radeon R7 250, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon R7 250X 16000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250 8000 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 8000 (100%)

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

Display Prices

Hide Prices

Radeon R7 250

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Radeon R7 250X

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

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.

Specifications

Display Specifications

Hide Specifications

Model Radeon R7 250 Radeon R7 250X
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year October 2013 February 2014
Code Name Oland XT Cape Verde XT
Memory 1024 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 1000 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory Speed 4600 MHz 4500 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 65 watts 95 watts
Bandwidth 73600 MB/sec 72000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 24000 Mtexels/sec 40000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 8000 Mpixels/sec 16000 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 384 640
Texture Mapping Units 24 40
Render Output Units 8 16
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 28 nm 28 nm
Transistors 1040 million 1500 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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, the result 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 applied per second. This figure is worked out 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

Display Prices

Hide Prices

Radeon R7 250

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Radeon R7 250X

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

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.

Comments

Be the first to leave a comment!

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


*

WordPress Anti Spam by WP-SpamShield