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| | Radeon R9 270X vs R7 250 |
Released October, 2013
Sapphire Radeon R9 270X
- 1.1 GHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
by techPowerUp!With a core clock of 1100 MHz, the GPU overclock isn't as large as on other cards, but the 25 MHz memory OC will help with performance.
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Released October, 2013
Generic Radeon R7 250
- 1 GHz
- 1 GB GDDR5
by hassan-mujtaba (Oct, 2013)The GPU core clock is maintained at 1000 MHz and the boost clock is configured at 1050 MHz.
GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of R9 270X vs R7 250
Gaming | |
Real world tests using the latest 3D games | |
| Radeon R9 270X N/A Radeon R7 250 N/A | |
| crysis: warhead (2013), Crysis: Warhead (2012), Batman: Arkham City and 6 more | |
Benchmarks | |
Synthetic tests to measure overall performance | |
| Radeon R9 270X 7.6 Radeon R7 250 6.2 | |
| Passmark, 3DMark 11 Graphics, 3DMark Vantage Graphics and 3DMark06 | |
Compute Performance | |
General computing tests executed on the GPU | |
| Radeon R9 270X 6.8 Radeon R7 250 5.6 | |
| Passmark Direct Compute | |
Noise and Power | |
How loud and hot does the card run idle and under load | |
| Radeon R9 270X 5.5 Radeon R7 250 6.4 | |
| TDP | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Significantly better passmark score | 4,504 | vs | 1,393 | Around 3.2x better passmark score | |||
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| Significantly better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 28,000 | vs | 10,708 | More than 2.5x better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
| Higher clock speed | 1,100 MHz | vs | 1,000 MHz | 10% higher clock speed | |||
| Better 3DMark 11 graphics score | 8,520 | vs | 2,775 | More than 3x better 3DMark 11 graphics score | |||
| Better 3DMark06 score | 23,610 | vs | 16,215 | More than 45% better 3DMark06 score | |||
| Better floating-point performance | 2,816 GFLOPS | vs | 768 GFLOPS | Around 3.8x better floating-point performance | |||
| Higher effective memory clock speed | 6,000 MHz | vs | 4,600 MHz | More than 30% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Significantly higher pixel rate | 35.2 GPixel/s | vs | 8 GPixel/s | Around 4.5x higher pixel rate | |||
| More memory | 2,048 MB | vs | 1,024 MB | 2x more memory | |||
| Higher texture rate | 88 GTexel/s | vs | 24 GTexel/s | Around 3.8x higher texture rate | |||
| Higher turbo clock speed | 1,150 MHz | vs | 1,050 MHz | Around 10% higher turbo clock speed | |||
| More shading units | 1,280 | vs | 384 | 896 more shading units | |||
| Significantly higher BioShock infinite framerate | 55.1 fps | vs | 20.3 fps | Around 2.8x higher BioShock infinite framerate | |||
| More render output processors | 32 | vs | 16 | Twice as many render output processors | |||
| More texture mapping units | 80 | vs | 24 | 56 more texture mapping units | |||
| More compute units | 20 | vs | 6 | 14 more compute units | |||
| Significantly higher memory clock speed | 1,500 MHz | vs | 1,150 MHz | More than 30% higher memory clock speed | |||
| Better passmark direct compute score | 2,370 | vs | 801 | Around 3x better passmark direct compute score | |||
| Wider memory bus | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit | 2x wider memory bus | |||
| Higher crysis 3 framerate | 24.5 fps | vs | 10.6 fps | More than 2.2x higher crysis 3 framerate | |||
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| Significantly lower TDP | 65W | vs | 180W | 2.8x lower TDP | |||
Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon R9 270X vs R7 250
Passmark Industry standard benchmark for overall graphics card performance
Radeon R9 270X
4,504
Radeon R7 250
1,393
Radeon R7 250 | by Anand-Lal-Shimpi (Jun, 2013)We don't use 3DMark to draw GPU performance conclusions but it does make for a great optimization target.
3DMark 11 Graphics Industry standard benchmark that tests DirectX 11 GPU performance
Radeon R9 270X
8,520
Radeon R7 250
2,775
Radeon R7 250 | by Josh-Walrath (Aug, 2013)3D Mark 2011 is a nice start to benchmarking as it gives pretty reliable results between runs.
3DMark Vantage Graphics Industry standard benchmark that tests DirectX 10 GPU performance
Radeon R9 270X
28,000
Radeon R7 250
10,708
Radeon R7 250 | by Anand-Lal-Shimpi (Jun, 2013)Moving on, we have our 3DMark Vantage texture fillrate test, which does for texels and texture mapping units what the previous test does for ROPs.
BioShock Infinite 1920 x 1080 - Ultra preset + DX11 (DDOF)
Radeon R9 270X
55.1 fps
Radeon R7 250
20.3 fps
Radeon R7 250 | by hassan-mujtaba (Jan, 2014)The performance results show that dual graphics does make the Kaveri APU run games at 1080P such as Bioshock Infinite and Tomb Raider which otherwise isn’t possible (atleast on high settings configuration) but that means users would have to spend $59 – $89 more on these graphics cards for a little performance upgrade and even that in a few titles since AMD CrossFire isn’t great on all gaming titles.
Crysis 3 1920 x 1080 - Very High preset + 16xAF + 2xSMAA
Radeon R9 270X
24.5 fps
Radeon R7 250
10.6 fps
Radeon R7 250 | by Anand-Lal-Shimpi (Jun, 2013)Only in a handful of setups can we even run Crysis 3 at its highest (Very High) settings, and the situation isn't too much better for entry-level GPUs at its lowest quality setting.
Passmark Direct Compute Measures performance of general-purpose computing using Microsoft DirectCompute
Radeon R9 270X
2,370
Radeon R7 250
801
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