Radeon R7 250X vs Radeon RX 580

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 580, which comes with a core clock speed of 1257 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 144 Texture Address Units, and 32 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

Radeon RX 580		13630 points
Radeon R7 250X		2860 points
	Difference: 10770 (377%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 250X		95 Watts
Radeon RX 580		185 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (95%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 580 should theoretically be much faster than the Radeon R7 250X overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		262144 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 190144 (264%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 580 should be a lot (more or less 353%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 250X. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		181008 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250X		40000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 141008 (353%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 580 should be quite a bit (more or less 151%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon R7 250X, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		40224 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250X		16000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24224 (151%)

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

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, 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 that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.