RTX 4500 Ada Generation vs Radeon R7 250E
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R7 250E with RTX 4500 Ada Generation, including specs and performance data.
RTX 4500 Ada Generation outperforms R7 250E by a whopping 1672% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in the ranking | 665 | 10 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.13 | no data |
Power efficiency | 5.51 | 25.59 |
Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
GPU code name | Cape Verde | AD103 |
Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
Release date | 20 December 2013 (10 years ago) | 9 August 2023 (1 year ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $109 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 512 | 7680 |
Core clock speed | 800 MHz | 2070 MHz |
Boost clock speed | no data | 2580 MHz |
Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 45,900 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 5 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 210 Watt |
Texture fill rate | 25.60 | 619.2 |
Floating-point processing power | 0.8192 TFLOPS | 39.63 TFLOPS |
ROPs | 16 | 80 |
TMUs | 32 | 240 |
Tensor Cores | no data | 240 |
Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 60 |
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).
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
Length | 168 mm | 245 mm |
Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | GDDR6 |
Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 24 GB |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 192 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1125 MHz | 2250 MHz |
Memory bandwidth | 72 GB/s | 432.0 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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.8 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
CUDA | - | 8.9 |
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 | 4.36 | 77.27 |
Recency | 20 December 2013 | 9 August 2023 |
Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 24 GB |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 5 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 210 Watt |
R7 250E has 281.8% lower power consumption.
RTX 4500 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 1672.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.
The RTX 4500 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 250E in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon R7 250E is a desktop card while RTX 4500 Ada Generation is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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