Radeon E9260 PCIe vs R7 250

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking798not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.10no data
Power efficiency2.91no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameOlandBaffin
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date8 October 2013 (11 years ago)27 September 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores384896
Core clock speedno data1090 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz1200 MHz
Number of transistors950 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate25.2057.60
Floating-point processing power0.8064 TFLOPS2.15 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs2448

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 x8
Length168 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsN/ANone

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 amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1150 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s112.0 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 VGANo outputs
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 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan-1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 October 2013 27 September 2016
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 80 Watt

R7 250 has 6.7% lower power consumption.

E9260 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 250 and Radeon E9260 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R7 250 is a desktop card while Radeon E9260 PCIe is a notebook one.


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