amd
Brand1GB GDDR5
Memory640
Cores72 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R7 250X
amd
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory512
Cores112 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon 550X
AMD Radeon R7 250X
Radeon R7 250X
$99 • Feb 2014
Radeon 550X
$ • Mar 2019
AMD Radeon 550X
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R7 250X | AMD Radeon 550X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 80 W | 50 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 1218 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 72 GB/s | 112 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 640 | 512 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 40 | 32 |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1125 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 15.2 GPixel/s | 19.49 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 72 GTexel/s | 112 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 1 GFLOPS | 1 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.25 MB | 0.50 MB |
| Die Size | 123 mm² | 103 mm² |
| Transistors | 1500 Million | 2200 Million |
| Required PSU | 250 W | 250 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon R7 250X
AMD Radeon 550X
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R7 250X
AMD Radeon 550X
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon R7 250X
AMD Radeon 550X
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R7 250X
AMD Radeon 550X
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon 550X Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon R7 250X
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