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

13.4 pt (14%)

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) -89%

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 9 -7%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M -6%

NVIDIA GeForce MX250 -5%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q -4%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M -4%

NVIDIA Quadro P2000 Max-Q -4%

AMD Radeon RX 540 -4%

AMD Radeon R9 M385X -2%

NVIDIA Quadro K3100M 0%

AMD Radeon R7 250

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M 1%

AMD FirePro M5100 1%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M 3%

NVIDIA Quadro P1000 5%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 5%

NVIDIA GeForce MX350 8%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB 9%

AMD Radeon R9 M370X 10%

NVIDIA Quadro K4100M 11%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop) 627%

100%

3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Score 1280x720

12202 Points (31%)

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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Graphics 1280x720

15080 Points (17%)

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3DMark - Fire Strike Score 1920x1080

2051 Points (17%)

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3DMark - Fire Strike Graphics 1920x1080

2145 Points (16%)

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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Graphics 1280x720

129924 Points (17%)

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3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720

3148 points (18%)

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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720

2775 points (15%)

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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%

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

NVIDIA Quadro M600M 5%

AMD Radeon HD 8870M 6%

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AMD Radeon RX 570 (Desktop) 583%

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3DMark Vantage
P Result 1280x1024 +

P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +

3DMark 06 Standard 1280x1024 +

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

27.4 fps (19%)

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

38 fps (20%)

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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

7.3 points (92%)

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Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics

7.3 points (92%)

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