AMD Radeon R7 250E vs AMD Radeon HD 7450A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250E and AMD Radeon HD 7450A videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon R7 250E

AMD Radeon HD 7450A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250E

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 625 MHz
5.1x more texture fill rate: 25.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 512 vs 160
4.1x better floating-point performance: 819.2 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1600 MHz
4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 902
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 1592
4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 902
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 1592

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 December 2013 vs 5 January 2012
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	25.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 160
Floating-point performance	819.2 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698 vs 902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 1592
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698 vs 902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 1592

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7450A

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 55 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 55 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250E
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7450A

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3698

902

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

1592

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3698

902

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

1592

Name	AMD Radeon R7 250E	AMD Radeon HD 7450A
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	21.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	582.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	38.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	98.052
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698	902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	1592
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698	902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	1592
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
PassMark - G3D Mark		288
PassMark - G2D Mark		385
Geekbench - OpenCL		668

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 250E	AMD Radeon HD 7450A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Cape Verde	Caicos
Launch date	20 December 2013	5 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	1075	1078
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	819.2 gflops	200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	160
Texture fill rate	25.6 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3