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.

 

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 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1058 vs 805
  • 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 1058 vs 805
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: 330 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 330 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
1058
805
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
284
330
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 1058 805
PassMark - G2D Mark 284 330
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 1107 1109
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