AMD Radeon R5 A330 vs AMD Radeon R7 250

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 A330 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 A330

AMD Radeon R7 250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 A330

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 57% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1150 MHz
2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20041 vs 7533

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 October 2015 vs 8 October 2013
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	20041 vs 7533

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250

Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 22.4 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 9% better floating-point performance: 716.8 gflops vs 659.2 gflops

Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	716.8 gflops vs 659.2 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 A330
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

20041

7533

Name	AMD Radeon R5 A330	AMD Radeon R7 250
Geekbench - OpenCL	20041	7533
PassMark - G3D Mark		1045
PassMark - G2D Mark		283
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 A330	AMD Radeon R7 250
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Exo	Oland
Launch date	21 October 2015	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	1095	1098
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	1030 MHz
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops	716.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	384
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s	22.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,040 million
Boost clock speed		1050 MHz
Stream Processors		384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
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	14.4 GB / s	72 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1150 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync