Radeon R9 270X vs Radeon R7 250
Summary
Radeon R9 270X
317%
Radeon R7 250
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270X |
Around 217% higher average synthetic performance. |
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Supports Mantle |
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 250 |
115 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 270X . |
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Supports Mantle |
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 270X
The Radeon R9 270X is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 270X | | Radeon R7 250 | |
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GPU Name | Curacao (Curacao XT) | vs | Oland (Oland XT) |
Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 212 mm² | vs | 90 mm² |
Transistors | 2,800 million | vs | 1,040 million |
Shaders | 1280 | vs | 384 |
Compute Units | 20 | vs | 6 |
Core clock | 1000 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
ROPs | 32 | vs | 8 |
TMUs | 80 | vs | 24 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 270X | | Radeon R7 250 | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
Memory Speed | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective | vs | 1150 MHz
4600 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 270X | | Radeon R7 250 | |
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TDP | 180 watts | vs | 65 watts |
Release Date | 8 Oct 2013 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon R9 270X
32.00 GP/s
Radeon R7 250
8.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 270X
80.00 GT/s
Radeon R7 250
24.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 270X
179.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 250
73.60 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 270X
2560.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 250
768.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon R9 270X
8700
Radeon R7 250
2740
Points (higher is better)