GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon R7 250

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 250 and GeForce RTX 2060, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 250
2013
2 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
2.75

RTX 2060 outperforms R7 250 by a whopping 1234% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking800129
Place by popularitynot in top-10020
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.1040.82
Power efficiency2.9515.99
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameOlandTU106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date8 October 2013 (11 years ago)7 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89 $349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2060 has 40720% 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 cores3841920
Core clock speedno data1365 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz1680 MHz
Number of transistors950 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt160 Watt
Texture fill rate25.20201.6
Floating-point processing power0.8064 TFLOPS6.451 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs24120
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Length168 mm229 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsN/A1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1150 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s336.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI++
G-SYNC support-+

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
VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA-7.5

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.

R7 250 2.75
RTX 2060 36.68
+1234%

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.

R7 250 1059
RTX 2060 14151
+1236%

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.

R7 250 2775
RTX 2060 27163
+879%

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.

R7 250 12581
RTX 2060 60454
+381%

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.

R7 250 2145
RTX 2060 19338
+802%

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.

R7 250 15080
RTX 2060 107083
+610%

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 HD20
−490%
118
+490%
1440p5−6
−1340%
72
+1340%
4K3−4
−1533%
49
+1533%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.452.96
1440p17.804.85
4K29.677.12

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1160%
60−65
+1160%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−922%
92
+922%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−7800%
79
+7800%
Battlefield 5 4−5
−3825%
157
+3825%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1414%
106
+1414%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1160%
60−65
+1160%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−2180%
114
+2180%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−1729%
128
+1729%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−1364%
205
+1364%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1125%
98
+1125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−1081%
248
+1081%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−4700%
144
+4700%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−1457%
109
+1457%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−1492%
191
+1492%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−568%
254
+568%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−1356%
131
+1356%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−6300%
64
+6300%
Battlefield 5 4−5
−3400%
140
+3400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1271%
96
+1271%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1160%
60−65
+1160%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−1720%
91
+1720%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−1257%
95
+1257%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−1286%
194
+1286%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1100%
96
+1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−1076%
247
+1076%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−4567%
140
+4567%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−1371%
103
+1371%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−1000%
130−140
+1000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−443%
75−80
+443%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−542%
244
+542%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−522%
56
+522%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−5400%
55
+5400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−914%
71
+914%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1160%
60−65
+1160%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−1300%
70
+1300%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−650%
105
+650%
Hitman 3 8−9
−913%
81
+913%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−471%
120
+471%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−1000%
130−140
+1000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−421%
73
+421%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−18.4%
45
+18.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−1271%
96
+1271%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−1650%
70−75
+1650%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−1300%
55−60
+1300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−1850%
35−40
+1850%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−2450%
51
+2450%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−2700%
27−30
+2700%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1300%
40−45
+1300%
Hitman 3 8−9
−575%
54
+575%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−1171%
89
+1171%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−2500%
50−55
+2500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
−1375%
236
+1375%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1133%
74
+1133%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−3900%
40
+3900%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−1750%
37
+1750%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−1300%
28
+1300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−2300%
24
+2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−2700%
28
+2700%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−2400%
25
+2400%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 59
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 17

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−850%
38
+850%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 42
+0%
42
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Metro Exodus 76
+0%
76
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 104
+0%
104
+0%
Metro Exodus 52
+0%
52
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 51
+0%
51
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

This is how R7 250 and RTX 2060 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2060 is 490% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2060 is 1340% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2060 is 1533% faster in 4K

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

  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2060 is 7800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 2060 is ahead in 60 tests (86%)
  • there's a draw in 10 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.75 36.68
Recency 8 October 2013 7 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 160 Watt

R7 250 has 113.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060, on the other hand, has a 1233.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2060 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 250 in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon R7 250
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