Radeon R7 250E vs HD 6850

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6850 and Radeon R7 250E, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6850
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 127 Watt
5.09
+16.7%

HD 6850 outperforms R7 250E by a moderate 17% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking619665
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.961.13
Power efficiency2.785.49
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameBartsCape Verde
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date21 October 2010 (14 years ago)20 December 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 $109

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R7 250E has 18% better value for money than HD 6850.

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 cores960512
Core clock speedno data800 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)127 Watt55 Watt
Texture fill rate37.2025.60
Floating-point processing power1.488 TFLOPS0.8192 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs4832

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 supportAGPno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length198 mm168 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/s72 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity+-
HDMI++

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (11_1)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan-1.2.131

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.

HD 6850 5.09
+16.7%
R7 250E 4.36

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.

HD 6850 2460
+24.9%
R7 250E 1970

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.09 4.36
Recency 21 October 2010 20 December 2013
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 127 Watt 55 Watt

HD 6850 has a 16.7% higher aggregate performance score.

R7 250E, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 130.9% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 6850 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 250E in performance tests.


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