Radeon R9 270X vs Radeon R7 250E
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270X |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 250E |
| 125 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 270X | | Radeon R7 250E | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Curacao (Curacao XT) | vs | Cape Verde (Cape Verde PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | vs | 123 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,800 million | vs | 1,500 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 512 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 1000 MHz | vs | 800 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 32 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 270X | | Radeon R7 250E | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective | vs | 1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 270X | | Radeon R7 250E | |
|---|
| TDP | 180 watts | vs | 55 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Oct 2013 | vs | 20 Dec 2013 |
Radeon R9 270X
32.00 GP/s
Radeon R7 250E
12.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 270X
80.00 GT/s
Radeon R7 250E
25.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 270X
179.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 250E
72.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 270X
2560.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 250E
819.20 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better