GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon R7 250

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 250 and GeForce RTX 4090, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 250
2013
2 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
2.75

RTX 4090 outperforms R7 250 by a whopping 3536% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking7931
Place by popularitynot in top-1005
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.1018.80
Power efficiency3.0215.87
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameOlandAD102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date8 October 2013 (11 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89 $1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4090 has 18700% 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 cores38416384
Core clock speedno data2235 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors950 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt450 Watt
Texture fill rate25.201,290
Floating-point processing power0.8064 TFLOPS82.58 TFLOPS
ROPs8176
TMUs24512
Tensor Coresno data512
Ray Tracing Coresno data128

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 4.0 x16
Length168 mm304 mm
Width2-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsN/A1x 16-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount2 GB24 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1150 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s1.01 TB/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 HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9

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 4090 100.00
+3536%

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 1060
RTX 4090 38588
+3540%

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 4090 104598
+3669%

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 4090 137609
+994%

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 4090 73447
+3324%

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 4090 260357
+1627%

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 HD19
−1311%
268
+1311%
1440p5−6
−4020%
206
+4020%
4K3−4
−4733%
145
+4733%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−4400%
225
+4400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−2511%
235
+2511%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−28600%
287
+28600%
Battlefield 5 4−5
−6000%
240−250
+6000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1614%
120−130
+1614%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−4340%
222
+4340%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−2260%
110−120
+2260%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−2771%
200−210
+2771%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−1979%
290−300
+1979%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1513%
120−130
+1513%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−1576%
350−400
+1576%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−5067%
150−160
+5067%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−1671%
120−130
+1671%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−3750%
450−500
+3750%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−305%
150−160
+305%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−2156%
200−210
+2156%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−24700%
248
+24700%
Battlefield 5 4−5
−6000%
240−250
+6000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1614%
120−130
+1614%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−4180%
214
+4180%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−2260%
110−120
+2260%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−2771%
200−210
+2771%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−1979%
290−300
+1979%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1513%
120−130
+1513%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−1576%
350−400
+1576%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−5067%
150−160
+5067%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−1671%
120−130
+1671%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−4467%
548
+4467%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−1621%
240−250
+1621%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−305%
150−160
+305%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−1889%
179
+1889%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−21900%
220
+21900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1614%
120−130
+1614%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−4100%
210
+4100%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−2260%
110−120
+2260%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−1979%
290−300
+1979%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1513%
120−130
+1513%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−1776%
394
+1776%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−4408%
541
+4408%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−2079%
305
+2079%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−303%
153
+303%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−1671%
120−130
+1671%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−4050%
160−170
+4050%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−2700%
110−120
+2700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−7650%
155
+7650%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−4000%
80−85
+4000%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−15300%
154
+15300%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2700%
80−85
+2700%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1625%
130−140
+1625%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−5443%
388
+5443%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−13300%
268
+13300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
−1400%
240−250
+1400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−2050%
120−130
+2050%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−8700%
85−90
+8700%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−3350%
65−70
+3350%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−5900%
120
+5900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−11900%
120
+11900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−5100%
50−55
+5100%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−4900%
50−55
+4900%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 250−260
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 117

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2675%
110−120
+2675%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 183
+0%
183
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Metro Exodus 152
+0%
152
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 504
+0%
504
+0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 105
+0%
105
+0%
Metro Exodus 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 281
+0%
281
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 80
+0%
80
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 282
+0%
282
+0%

This is how R7 250 and RTX 4090 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4090 is 1311% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4090 is 4020% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4090 is 4733% 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 4090 is 28600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 4090 is ahead in 60 tests (86%)
  • there's a draw in 10 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.75 100.00
Recency 8 October 2013 20 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 450 Watt

R7 250 has 500% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090, on the other hand, has a 3536.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 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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