AMD Radeon R7 250X vs AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250X and AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition 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.

AMD Radeon R7 250X

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250X

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 200 Watt

Launch date	13 February 2014 vs 7 March 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 200 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

2.4x more texture fill rate: 89.6 GTexel / s vs 38 GTexel / s
2.8x more pipelines: 1792 vs 640
2.4x better floating-point performance: 2,867 gflops vs 1,216 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1625 MHz
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 67.802 vs 32.22
Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1230.769 vs 638.532
Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 81.68 vs 51.987
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 370.179 vs 151.963

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	89.6 GTexel / s vs 38 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2,867 gflops vs 1,216 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	67.802 vs 32.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1230.769 vs 638.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	81.68 vs 51.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	370.179 vs 151.963

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

32.22

67.802

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

638.532

1230.769

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51.987

81.68

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

151.963

370.179

Name	AMD Radeon R7 250X	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	2269
PassMark - G2D Mark	637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	32.22	67.802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	638.532	1230.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.963
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	51.987	81.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	151.963	370.179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 250X	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Cape Verde	Tahiti
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	13 February 2014	7 March 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$99	$449
Place in performance rating	665	666
Price now	$260.70
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	11.25
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,216 gflops	2,867 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	1792
Stream Processors	640
Texture fill rate	38 GTexel / s	89.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	4,313 million
Core clock speed		800 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	210 mm	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	240.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync