Radeon R7 250E vs RX 5500 XT

Place in the ranking	231	665
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	49.10	1.14
Power efficiency	13.14	5.73
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	Navi 14	Cape Verde
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	12 December 2019 (4 years ago)	20 December 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	$109

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5500 XT has 4207% better value for money than R7 250E.

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	1408	512
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	6,400 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	55 Watt
Texture fill rate	162.4	25.60
Floating-point processing power	5.196 TFLOPS	0.8192 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	88	32

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 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	180 mm	168 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	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	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	72 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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.5	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	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.

RX 5500 XT 23.68
+442%

R7 250E 4.37

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.

RX 5500 XT 14305
+626%

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.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	78 +457%	14−16 −457%
1440p	42 +500%	7−8 −500%
4K	24 +500%	4−5 −500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

78
+457%

14−16

−457%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 +478%	9−10 −478%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	72 +500%	12−14 −500%
Battlefield 5	75−80 +457%	14−16 −457%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +500%	8−9 −500%
Cyberpunk 2077	61 +510%	10−11 −510%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +450%	10−11 −450%
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65 +520%	10−11 −520%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +483%	24−27 −483%
Hitman 3	64 +540%	10−11 −540%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 +511%	18−20 −511%
Metro Exodus	132 +450%	24−27 −450%
Red Dead Redemption 2	108 +500%	18−20 −500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 +471%	14−16 −471%
Watch Dogs: Legion	202 +477%	35−40 −477%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	66 +450%	12−14 −450%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	58 +480%	10−11 −480%
Battlefield 5	75−80 +457%	14−16 −457%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +500%	8−9 −500%
Cyberpunk 2077	45 +463%	8−9 −463%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +450%	10−11 −450%
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65 +520%	10−11 −520%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +483%	24−27 −483%
Hitman 3	62 +520%	10−11 −520%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 +511%	18−20 −511%
Metro Exodus	94 +488%	16−18 −488%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 +520%	10−11 −520%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	108 +500%	18−20 −500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 +478%	9−10 −478%
Watch Dogs: Legion	202 +477%	35−40 −477%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 +478%	9−10 −478%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	49 +444%	9−10 −444%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +500%	8−9 −500%
Cyberpunk 2077	40 +471%	7−8 −471%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +450%	10−11 −450%
Forza Horizon 4	56 +460%	10−11 −460%
Hitman 3	55 +450%	10−11 −450%
Horizon Zero Dawn	87 +444%	16−18 −444%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	95 +494%	16−18 −494%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	58 +480%	10−11 −480%
Watch Dogs: Legion	36 +500%	6−7 −500%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

76
+443%

14−16

−443%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +463%	8−9 −463%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +500%	6−7 −500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +525%	4−5 −525%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	37 +517%	6−7 −517%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 +575%	4−5 −575%
Cyberpunk 2077	20 +567%	3−4 −567%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +575%	4−5 −575%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +463%	24−27 −463%
Hitman 3	36 +500%	6−7 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65 +550%	10−11 −550%
Metro Exodus	60 +500%	10−11 −500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	66 +450%	12−14 −450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +480%	5−6 −480%
Watch Dogs: Legion	184 +513%	30−33 −513%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+444%

9−10
−444%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +475%	4−5 −475%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Hitman 3	26 +550%	4−5 −550%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +481%	21−24 −481%
Metro Exodus	37 +517%	6−7 −517%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	31 +520%	5−6 −520%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 +600%	2−3 −600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	19 +533%	3−4 −533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +550%	2−3 −550%
Cyberpunk 2077	8 +700%	1−2 −700%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +550%	2−3 −550%
Forza Horizon 4	21 +600%	3−4 −600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	38 +443%	7−8 −443%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14 +600%	2−3 −600%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+500%

4−5
−500%

This is how RX 5500 XT and R7 250E compete in popular games:

RX 5500 XT is 457% faster in 1080p
RX 5500 XT is 500% faster in 1440p
RX 5500 XT is 500% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	23.68	4.37
Recency	12 December 2019	20 December 2013
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	7 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	55 Watt

RX 5500 XT has a 441.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

R7 250E, on the other hand, has 136.4% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 5500 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 250E in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.