AMD Radeon R7 250 OEM vs AMD Radeon R7 260X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250 OEM and AMD Radeon R7 260X 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, 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 R7 250 OEM

AMD Radeon R7 260X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250 OEM

Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 77% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 115 Watt

Boost clock speed	1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

2.4x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 25.2 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 896 vs 384
2.4x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 806.4 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 25.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 806.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260X

Name	AMD Radeon R7 250 OEM	AMD Radeon R7 260X
PassMark - G3D Mark		3190
PassMark - G2D Mark		523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		221.539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1481

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 250 OEM	AMD Radeon R7 260X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Oland	Bonaire
Launch date	8 October 2013	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated	649
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$139
Price now		$239
Value for money (0-100)		17.15
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	806.4 gflops	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	896
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s	61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	2,080 million
Stream Processors		896
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		170 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	73.6 GB / s	104 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync