AMD Radeon R7 250 vs AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250 and AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM 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, 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

AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 22.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1055 vs 800
2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 20.161 vs 7.266
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.655 vs 0.464
Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 96.934 vs 71.832
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2179 vs 1366
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3170 vs 2385
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2179 vs 1366
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3170 vs 2385

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 5 January 2012
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1055 vs 800
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	20.161 vs 7.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.655 vs 0.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	96.934 vs 71.832
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2179 vs 1366
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3170 vs 2385
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2179 vs 1366
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3170 vs 2385

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM

Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
Around 7% better floating-point performance: 768.0 gflops vs 716.8 gflops
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 66 Watt vs 75 Watt
3.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 329 vs 284
Around 56% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11715 vs 7533

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	480 vs 384
Floating-point performance	768.0 gflops vs 716.8 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	329 vs 284
Geekbench - OpenCL	11715 vs 7533
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1055

800

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

284

329

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7533

11715

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20.161

7.266

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.655

0.464

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

96.934

71.832

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2179

1366

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3170

2385

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2179

1366

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3170

2385

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3357

Name	AMD Radeon R7 250	AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1055	800
PassMark - G2D Mark	284	329
Geekbench - OpenCL	7533	11715
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	20.161	7.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	304.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.655	0.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	96.934	71.832
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2179	1366
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3170	2385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2179	1366
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3170	2385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 250	AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Oland	Turks
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	5 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$89
Place in performance rating	1109	1111
Price now	$78.34
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	27.62
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	716.8 gflops	768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	480
Stream Processors	384
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	66 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	716 million
Core clock speed		800 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	N / A	None
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync