AMD Radeon R7 250 vs ATI Radeon HD 5470

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250 and ATI Radeon HD 5470 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) 7 month(s) later
  • 4.3x more texture fill rate: 22.4 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
  • 4.8x more pipelines: 384 vs 80
  • 6.9x better floating-point performance: 716.8 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
  • 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 44% higher memory clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1051 vs 268
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3170 vs 960
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 1771
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3170 vs 960
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 1771
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 13 February 2012
Texture fill rate 22.4 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 80
Floating-point performance 716.8 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1051 vs 268
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3170 vs 960
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 1771
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3170 vs 960
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 1771

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5470

  • 3.9x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 298 vs 283
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 298 vs 283

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5470

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1051
268
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
283
298
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3170
960
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
1771
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3170
960
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
1771
Name AMD Radeon R7 250 ATI Radeon HD 5470
PassMark - G3D Mark 1051 268
PassMark - G2D Mark 283 298
Geekbench - OpenCL 7525
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 960
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 1771
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3170 960
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 1771
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 250 ATI Radeon HD 5470

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Oland Cedar
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013 13 February 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $89
Place in performance rating 1087 1089
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 104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 80
Stream Processors 384
Texture fill rate 22.4 GTexel / s 5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 19 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 292 million
Core clock speed 650 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 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 170 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 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 / GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync