AMD PlayStation 4 GPU vs AMD Radeon R7 250

Comparative analysis of AMD PlayStation 4 GPU and AMD Radeon R7 250 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD PlayStation 4 GPU

AMD Radeon R7 250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PlayStation 4 GPU

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
2.6x more texture fill rate: 57.6 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 1152 vs 384
2.6x better floating-point performance: 1,843 gflops vs 716.8 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Launch date	24 November 2013 vs 8 October 2013
Texture fill rate	57.6 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1152 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,843 gflops vs 716.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD PlayStation 4 GPU
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250

Name	AMD PlayStation 4 GPU	AMD Radeon R7 250
PassMark - G3D Mark		1051
PassMark - G2D Mark		283
Geekbench - OpenCL		7525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		20.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		304.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		30.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		96.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PlayStation 4 GPU	AMD Radeon R7 250
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Liverpool	Oland
Launch date	24 November 2013	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated	1087
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$89
Price now		$78.34
Value for money (0-100)		27.62
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,843 gflops	716.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1152	384
Texture fill rate	57.6 GTexel / s	22.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	75 Watt
Boost clock speed		1050 MHz
Stream Processors		384
Transistor count		1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	N / A
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	11.1*	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	176.0 GB / s	72 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1150 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync