AMD Radeon R7 250 videocard review

Radeon R7 250 videocard released by AMD; release date: 8 October 2013. At the time of release, the videocard cost $89. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Oland.

Boost clock speed - 1050 MHz. Texture fill rate - 22.4 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 384. Floating-point performance - 716.8 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,040 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 75 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3 / GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1150 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 72 GB/s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38582

1058

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

284

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

345616

7533

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

939.363 mPixels/s

20.161 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

14101.507 Frames/s

304.279 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

95.851 Frames/s

1.655 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

530.303 Frames/s

30.046 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

4429.590 mHash/s

96.934 mHash/s

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770 Frames

2179 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

3170 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3356 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770.000 Fps

2179.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

3170.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3356.000 Fps

3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

36466

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	1058
PassMark - G2D Mark	284
Geekbench - OpenCL	7533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection	20.161 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation	304.279 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	1.655 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition	30.046 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining	96.934 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	2179 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3170 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3356 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	2179.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3170.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3356.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Games performance

1. Battlefield 4 (2013)
2. Company of Heroes 2 (2013)
3. Metro: Last Light (2013)

4. BioShock Infinite (2013)
5. Tomb Raider (2013)
6. Crysis 3 (2013)

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	98.20
Medium, 1366x768	66.70
High, 1366x768	42.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	14.90

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	45.40
Medium, 1366x768	37.30
High, 1366x768	21.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	8.10

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x768	79.30
Medium, 1366x768	57.30
High, 1366x768	30.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	14.30

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720	141.10
Medium, 1366x768	78.40
High, 1366x768	66.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	20.30

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768	165.80
Medium, 1366x768	83.30
High, 1366x768	55.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	24.10

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	76.20
Medium, 1366x768	46.10
High, 1366x768	28.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	10.60

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0
Code name	Oland
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$89
Place in performance rating	1107
Price now	$78.34
Type	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	27.62
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	716.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	384
Stream Processors	384
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	N / A
API support
DirectX	12
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync