Radeon R7 250 vs Quadro P1000

Place in the ranking	415	803
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.79	0.10
Power efficiency	19.86	2.89
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	GP107	Oland
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	7 February 2017 (7 years ago)	8 October 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$375	$89

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro P1000 has 5690% better value for money than R7 250.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	640	384
Core clock speed	1493 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1519 MHz	1050 MHz
Number of transistors	3,300 million	950 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	48.61	25.20
Floating-point processing power	1.555 TFLOPS	0.8064 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	32	24

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	no data	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	145 mm	168 mm
Width	MXM Module	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	N/A

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96.13 GB/s	72 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	-	+
CrossFire	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
DDMA audio	no data	+
Optimus	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	6.7	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.3	-
CUDA	6.1	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro P1000 11.59
+323%

R7 250 2.74

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro P1000 4466
+323%

R7 250 1055

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Quadro P1000 6001
+116%

R7 250 2775

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Quadro P1000 24240
+92.7%

R7 250 12581

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Quadro P1000 4787
+123%

R7 250 2145

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Quadro P1000 30721
+104%

R7 250 15080

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

44
+110%

−110%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

8.52

4.24

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

18−20
+260%

5−6

−260%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 +200%	9−10 −200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +1700%	1−2 −1700%
Battlefield 5	35−40 +825%	4−5 −825%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +229%	7−8 −229%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +260%	5−6 −260%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +440%	5−6 −440%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 +357%	7−8 −357%
Forza Horizon 4	108 +671%	14−16 −671%
Hitman 3	21−24 +175%	8−9 −175%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 +195%	21−24 −195%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +1167%	3−4 −1167%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +357%	7−8 −357%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	53 +342%	12−14 −342%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +78.9%	35−40 −78.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 +200%	9−10 −200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +1700%	1−2 −1700%
Battlefield 5	35−40 +825%	4−5 −825%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +229%	7−8 −229%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +260%	5−6 −260%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +440%	5−6 −440%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 +357%	7−8 −357%
Forza Horizon 4	100 +614%	14−16 −614%
Hitman 3	21−24 +175%	8−9 −175%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 +195%	21−24 −195%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +1167%	3−4 −1167%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +357%	7−8 −357%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +208%	12−14 −208%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +107%	14−16 −107%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +78.9%	35−40 −78.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 +200%	9−10 −200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +1700%	1−2 −1700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +229%	7−8 −229%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +260%	5−6 −260%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +440%	5−6 −440%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 +443%	14−16 −443%
Hitman 3	21−24 +175%	8−9 −175%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 +195%	21−24 −195%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +208%	12−14 −208%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16 +14.3%	14−16 −14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +78.9%	35−40 −78.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35
+357%

7−8

−357%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +450%	4−5 −450%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +450%	2−3 −450%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +333%	3−4 −333%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +358%	12−14 −358%
Hitman 3	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +325%	4−5 −325%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +450%	2−3 −450%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75 +350%	16−18 −350%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20
+217%

6−7

−217%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−12 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Hitman 3	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +342%	12−14 −342%
Metro Exodus	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12
+175%

4−5

−175%

This is how Quadro P1000 and R7 250 compete in popular games:

Quadro P1000 is 110% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Quadro P1000 is 1700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, Quadro P1000 surpassed R7 250 in all 60 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	11.59	2.74
Recency	7 February 2017	8 October 2013
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	75 Watt

Quadro P1000 has a 323% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 87.5% lower power consumption.

The Quadro P1000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 250 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P1000 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R7 250 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.