AMD Radeon R7 250 OEM vs AMD Radeon R9 280X
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 280X 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250 OEM
- Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 250 Watt
Boost clock speed | 1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt vs 250 Watt |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X
- 5.1x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 25.2 GTexel / s
- 5.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 384
- 5.1x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 806.4 gflops
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
Texture fill rate | 128.0 GTexel / s vs 25.2 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 2048 vs 384 |
Floating-point performance | 4,096 gflops vs 806.4 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 2 GB |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280X
Name | AMD Radeon R7 250 OEM | AMD Radeon R9 280X |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 6166 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 677 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 89.187 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1434.496 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 7.656 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 87.459 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 493.57 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9603 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3700 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3357 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9603 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3700 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3357 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2351 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon R7 250 OEM | AMD Radeon R9 280X | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | Oland | Tahiti |
Launch date | 8 October 2013 | 8 October 2013 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 394 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1050 MHz | 1000 MHz |
Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 806.4 gflops | 4,096 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 384 | 2048 |
Texture fill rate | 25.2 GTexel / s | 128.0 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt | 250 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,040 million | 4,313 million |
Stream Processors | 2048 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin |
Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
Length | 275 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 12 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 3 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 73.6 GB / s | 288 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 4600 MHz | |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
AppAcceleration | ||
CrossFire | ||
DDMA audio | ||
FreeSync | ||
HD3D | ||
LiquidVR | ||
TressFX | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) |