AMD Radeon R5 330 OEM vs AMD Radeon R7 250

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 330 OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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 Radeon R5 330 OEM

AMD Radeon R7 250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 330 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 57% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 8 October 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250

Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 855 MHz
Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 22.4 GTexel / s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 31% better floating-point performance: 716.8 gflops vs 547.2 gflops
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 286 vs 184
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1065 vs 521
Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7220 vs 5123

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz vs 855 MHz
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	716.8 gflops vs 547.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	286 vs 184
PassMark - G3D Mark	1065 vs 521
Geekbench - OpenCL	7220 vs 5123

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 330 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

184

286

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

521

1065

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5123

7220

Name	AMD Radeon R5 330 OEM	AMD Radeon R7 250
PassMark - G2D Mark	184	286
PassMark - G3D Mark	521	1065
Geekbench - OpenCL	5123	7220
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 Radeon R5 330 OEM	AMD Radeon R7 250
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Hainan	Oland
Launch date	5 May 2015	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	1105	1107
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
Boost clock speed	855 MHz	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	830 MHz
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops	716.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	384
Texture fill rate	17.1 GTexel / s	22.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,040 million
Stream Processors		384
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	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	12.0 (11_1)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	72 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1150 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync