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.

Manufacturer	AMD
Codename	Oland XT
Architecture	GCN
Pipelines	384 - unified
Core Speed	1050 MHz
Memory Speed	1800 - 4600 MHz
Memory Bus Width	128 Bit
Memory Type	DDR3, GDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory	2048 MB
Shared Memory	no
DirectX	DirectX 12 (FL 11_1), Shader 5.0
Transistor Count	1040 Million
technology	28 nm
Features	Mantle, App Acceleration, CrossFire, PowerTune, ZeroCore, HD3D
Date of Announcement	01.10.2013
Information	PCI-E 3.0, HDMI mit 4K-Support
Link to Manufacturer Page	http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/g...

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy

12.5 pt (13%)

AMD Radeon HD 8180 -89%

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 9 -10%

NVIDIA GeForce MX250 -9%

AMD Radeon RX 540 -7%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M -7%

AMD Radeon R9 M385X -6%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M -6%

NVIDIA Quadro K3100M -2%

NVIDIA Quadro P1000 -1%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M -1%

AMD Radeon R7 250

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M 1%

NVIDIA GeForce MX350 3%

NVIDIA Quadro P2000 5%

AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) 6%

AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) 7%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 7%

NVIDIA Quadro K4100M 8%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 8%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB 9%

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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 664%

100%

3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score

12202 Points (16%)

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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics

15080 Points (7%)

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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score

2051 Points (5%)

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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics

2145 Points (4%)

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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics

129924 Points (17%)

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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score

3148 Points (7%)

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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU

2775 Points (5%)

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AMD Radeon HD 6250 -94%

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AMD Radeon R9 M265X -6%

NVIDIA Quadro M520 -4%

AMD Radeon R6 M340DX -3%

NVIDIA Quadro 5010M -3%

AMD Radeon HD 7870M -3%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M -2%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M -2%

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 0%

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 0%

AMD Radeon R7 250

NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M 1%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB 1%

AMD Radeon R8 M365DX 2%

AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2%

NVIDIA GeForce MX130 3%

AMD Radeon HD 6790 4%

NVIDIA Quadro M600M 5%

AMD Radeon HD 8870M 6%

Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) 7%

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AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 2030%

100%

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +

3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +

3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +

Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11

27.4 fps (9%)

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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high

38 fps (7%)

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AMD Radeon HD 7310 -98%

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Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) -4%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) -3%

AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100 -3%

AMD Radeon HD 8870M -3%

ATI Radeon HD 5770 -3%

AMD Radeon R9 M275 -2%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M -1%

ATI Radeon HD 5850 -1%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M -1%

AMD Radeon R7 250

AMD FirePro M5100 3%

NVIDIA Quadro M520 4%

AMD Radeon RX 540 5%

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 6%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 8%

AMD Radeon 540X 9%

NVIDIA Quadro 5010M 10%

AMD Radeon HD 6990M 10%

NVIDIA GeForce MX150 11%

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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 (Laptop) 1300%

100%

SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +

specvp11 lightwave-01 +

specvp11 ensight-04 +

specvp11 catia-03 +

Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics

7.3 Points (92%)

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Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics

7.3 Points (92%)

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* 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.