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Radeon R7 250X 2GB vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

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

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which features a core clock speed of 1375 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1500 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 144 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 250X 2GB 95 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT 160 Watts
Difference: 65 Watts (68%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT 344064 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB 72000 MB/sec
Difference: 272064 (378%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should be a lot (about 395%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT 198000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB 40000 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 158000 (395%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5600 XT is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT 88000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB 16000 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 72000 (450%)

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 5600 XT
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year February 2014 January 2020
Code Name Cape Verde XT Navi 10 XLE
Memory 2048 MB 6144 MB
Core Speed 1000 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory Speed 4500 MHz 3000 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 95 watts 160 watts
Bandwidth 72000 MB/sec 344064 MB/sec
Texel Rate 40000 Mtexels/sec 198000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 16000 Mpixels/sec 88000 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 640 2304
Texture Mapping Units 40 144
Render Output Units 16 64
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR6
Bus Width 128-bit 192-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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill 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 max fill rate.

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Radeon R7 250X 2GB

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