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Radeon R7 250
GPUBoss recommends the Radeon R7 250 based on its gaming, benchmarks and compute performance.
See full details Radeon R7 250 vs GeForce GT 740M |
Released October, 2013
Generic Radeon R7 250
- 1 GHz
- 1 GB GDDR5
6.1 Out of 10
by hassan-mujtaba (Oct, 2013)The GPU core clock is maintained at 1000 MHz and the boost clock is configured at 1050 MHz.
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Released April, 2013
Nvidia GeForce GT 740M
- 810 MHz
- 2 GB DDR3
5.8 Out of 10
by hassan-mujtaba (May, 2014)The core clock is maintained at 993 MHz for the reference models but comes with boost clock which has been absent on the GK107 chips.
GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of R7 250 vs 740M among all GPUs
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more | |
Graphics | |
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| T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more | |
Computing | |
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| Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
Noise and Power | |
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| TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more | |
| 6.1 | Overall Score |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Better 3DMark06 score | 16,215 | vs | 10,161 | Around 60% better 3DMark06 score | |||
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| Significantly higher effective memory clock speed | 4,600 MHz | vs | 1,802 MHz | More than 2.5x higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Higher clock speed | 1,000 MHz | vs | 810 MHz | Around 25% higher clock speed | |||
| Better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 10,708 | vs | 5,459 | More than 95% better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
| Higher memory bandwidth | 73.6 GB/s | vs | 28.83 GB/s | More than 2.5x higher memory bandwidth | |||
| Better manhattan score | 3,703.63 | vs | 2,901.63 | Around 30% better manhattan score | |||
| Better sky diver factor score | 148.57 | vs | 101.71 | More than 45% better sky diver factor score | |||
| Higher memory clock speed | 1,150 MHz | vs | 901 MHz | Around 30% higher memory clock speed | |||
| Higher BioShock infinite framerate | 20.3 fps | vs | 9.2 fps | Around 2.2x higher BioShock infinite framerate | |||
| Slightly higher metro: last light framerate | 14.3 | vs | 6.1 | More than 2.2x higher metro: last light framerate | |||
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| Slightly more memory | 2,048 MB | vs | 1,024 MB | 2x more memory | |||
| Slightly lower TDP | 45W | vs | 65W | More than 30% lower TDP | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon R7 250 vs GeForce GT 740M
Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Battlefield 4
Bioshock Infinite
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