AMD Radeon 530 vs AMD Radeon R7 250

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530 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, 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, 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).

AMD Radeon 530

AMD Radeon R7 250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
1097.3x more texture fill rate: 24.58 GTexel/s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Around 12% better floating-point performance: 800 GFLOPs vs 716.8 gflops
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.9x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 8 October 2013
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	800 GFLOPs vs 716.8 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250

Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1055 vs 1026
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 284 vs 176
Around 50% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7533 vs 5009
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2179 vs 2021
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3170 vs 2246
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2179 vs 2021
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3170 vs 2246

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1055 vs 1026
PassMark - G2D Mark	284 vs 176
Geekbench - OpenCL	7533 vs 5009
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2179 vs 2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3170 vs 2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2179 vs 2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3170 vs 2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1026

1055

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

176

284

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5009

7533

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2021

2179

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2246

3170

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2021

2179

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2246

3170

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3356

Name	AMD Radeon 530	AMD Radeon R7 250
PassMark - G3D Mark	1026	1055
PassMark - G2D Mark	176	284
Geekbench - OpenCL	5009	7533
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2021	2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2246	3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2021	2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2246	3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	506	0
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 530	AMD Radeon R7 250
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	GCN 1.0
Code name	Meso	Oland
Design	Radeon 500 Series	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
GCN generation	3rd Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	1106	1109
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$89
Price now		$78.34
Value for money (0-100)		27.62
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz	1050 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	1024 MHz
Floating-point performance	800 GFLOPs	716.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Pixel fill rate	8.20 GP/s
Render output units	8
Stream Processors	320/384	384
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s	22.4 GTexel / s
Texture Units	20/24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count		1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	N / A
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	72 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1150 MHz
Memory type	DDR3/GDDR5	DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync