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AMD Radeon R7 250

The AMD Radeon R7 250 is a low-end graphics card for desktop PCs, that has been presented in October 2013. It is based on the "Oland" GPU and manufactured in 28 nanometers. The card offers 384 shader units and an 128-bit memory interface (1 GB GDDR5, 74 GB/s). There are also some significantly slower versions with DDR3 memory.

Architecture

The R7 250 uses the same chip as the older Radeon HD 8570 and 8670. Oland is based on the GCN architecture and offers 384 shaders, 24 TMUs and 8 ROPs. Compared to the HD 8670, the R7 250 clocks slightly higher at 1050 MHz for the Core (max. Boost) and 1150 MHz (4600 MHz effective) for the GDDR5 memory. JThe R7 250 supports DirectX 12 (FL 11_1), but lacks the new Trueaudio feature.

Performance

Depending on game and settings, the performance of the Radeon R7 250 is similar to the Nvidia GeForce GTX 650. Therefore, the card is on par with fast mid-range GPUs of the notebook segment, such as the GeForce GT 755M. Recent games (as of 2013) can be played fluently in 1366 x 768 pixels and medium or high settings. In some older or less demanding games, higher resolutions or additional AA/AF are possible.

Features

The R7 250 supports well-known features like Eyefinity (max. 2 displays), but also some innovations such as a new turbo mode. Depending on power consumption and temperature, the core can be boosted up to 1050 MHz. However, there is no offical base clock respectively a lower limit.

Power Consumption

Thanks to dynamic clock adjustments and the Zero Core technology, the R7 250 is very energy efficient while idle. Under load, the card is rated at a typical power consumption of 65 watts.

CodenameOland XT
ArchitectureGCN
Pipelines384 - unified
Core Speed1050 MHz
Memory Speed1800 - 4600 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeDDR3, GDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory2048 MB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 12 (FL 11_1), Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.3
Power Consumption65 Watt
Transistor Count1 Billion
technology28 nm
FeaturesMantle, App Acceleration, CrossFire, PowerTune, ZeroCore, HD3D
Date of Announcement01.10.2013
InformationPCI-E 3.0, HDMI mit 4K-Support
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
1 pt (3%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
2775 Points (2%)
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
12581 Points (4%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
16215 Points (21%)
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +
specvp11 tcvis-02 +
specvp11 sw-02 +
specvp11 proe-05 +
specvp11 maya-03 +
specvp11 lightwave-01 +
specvp11 ensight-04 +
specvp11 catia-03 +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

low 1024x768
84  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
69.3  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
32.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
13.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
98.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
66.7  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
42.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
14.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
F1 2013

F1 2013

2013
low 1024x768
133  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
127  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
110  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
42  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
45.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
37.3  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
21.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
8.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
GRID 2

GRID 2

2013
low 1024x768
203.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
123.6  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
79  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
24.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
79.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
57.3  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
30  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
14.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1280x720
141.1  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
78.4  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
66.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
20.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
165.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
83.3  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
55.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
24.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Crysis 3

Crysis 3

2013
low 1024x768
76.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
46.1  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
28.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
10.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Call of Duty: Ghosts8469.332.913.5
Battlefield 498.266.742.714.9
F1 201313312711042
Company of Heroes 245.437.321.78.1
GRID 2203.3123.67924.8
Metro: Last Light79.357.33014.3
BioShock Infinite141.178.466.820.3
Tomb Raider165.883.355.324.1
Crysis 376.246.128.710.6
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