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

R7 Series

Radeon R7 250

384 @ 1050 MHz

128 Bit @ 1800 - 4600 MHz

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

DirectX

DirectX 12 (FL 11_1), Shader 5.0

Power Consumption

65 Watt

Transistors

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...

* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark - Fire Strike Graphics 1920x1080

100%

min: 2145 avg: 2145 (5%) median: 2145 (5%) max: 2145 Points

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3DMark - Fire Strike Score 1920x1080

100%

min: 2051 avg: 2051 (9%) median: 2051 (9%) max: 2051 Points

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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Graphics 1280x720

100%

min: 15080 avg: 15080 (9%) median: 15080 (9%) max: 15080 Points

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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Score 1280x720

100%

min: 12202 avg: 12202 (25%) median: 12202 (25%) max: 12202 Points

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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Graphics 1280x720

100%

min: 129924 avg: 129924 (17%) median: 129924 (17%) max: 129924 Points

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Unigine Heaven 3.0 - DX 11, Normal Tessellation, High Shaders 1920x1080

100%

min: 27.4 avg: 27.4 (10%) median: 27.4 (10%) max: 27.4 fps

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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720

100%

min: 2775 avg: 2775 (5%) median: 2775 (5%) max: 2775 points

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

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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%

AMD Radeon HD 6790 4%

NVIDIA Quadro M600M 5%

AMD Radeon HD 8870M 6%

AMD FirePro M5100 7%

NVIDIA GeForce 845M 7%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Laptop) 1489%

100%

3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720

100%

min: 3148 avg: 3148 (11%) median: 3148 (11%) max: 3148 points

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3DMark Vantage
P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +

P Result 1280x1024 +

3DMark 06 Standard 1280x1024 +

Unigine Heaven 2.1 - high, Tesselation (normal), DirectX11 1280x1024

100%

min: 38 avg: 38 (17%) median: 38 (17%) max: 38 fps

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SPECviewperf 11
Siemens NX 1920x1080 +

Tcvis 1920x1080 +

SolidWorks 1920x1080 +

Pro/ENGINEER 1920x1080 +

Maya 1920x1080 +

Lightwave 1920x1080 +

Ensight 1920x1080 +

Catia 1920x1080 +

Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics

100%

min: 7.3 avg: 7.3 (92%) median: 7.3 (92%) max: 7.3 points

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Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics

100%

min: 7.3 avg: 7.3 (92%) median: 7.3 (92%) max: 7.3 points

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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 detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.