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Radeon R7 250X 2GB vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Intro

The Radeon R7 250X 2GB uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1000 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1125 MHz on this particular model. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5700 XT, which has a clock speed of 1605 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is made up of 2560 SPUs, 160 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 250X 2GB 95 Watts
Radeon RX 5700 XT 225 Watts
Difference: 130 Watts (137%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5700 XT should theoretically perform a lot faster than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 458752 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB 72000 MB/sec
Difference: 386752 (537%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT is quite a bit (about 542%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 256800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB 40000 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 216800 (542%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5700 XT is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 102720 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB 16000 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 86720 (542%)

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

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Model Radeon R7 250X 2GB Radeon RX 5700 XT
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year February 2014 July 2019
Code Name Cape Verde XT Navi 10
Memory 2048 MB 8096 MB
Core Speed 1000 MHz 1605 MHz
Memory Speed 4500 MHz 3500 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 95 watts 225 watts
Bandwidth 72000 MB/sec 458752 MB/sec
Texel Rate 40000 Mtexels/sec 256800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 16000 Mpixels/sec 102720 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 640 2560
Texture Mapping Units 40 160
Render Output Units 16 64
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR6
Bus Width 128-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 28 nm 7 nm
Transistors 1500 million 10300 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 ×16
DirectX Version DirectX 11.2 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.3 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video 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 the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.

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Radeon R7 250X 2GB

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