AMD Radeon R7 250 vs AMD Radeon R5

Compare AMD Radeon R7 250 2 GB vs AMD Radeon R5, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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AMD Radeon R5

Price

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$ 100.01

$ 45.99

$ 54.02 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

352 points

245% significantly better overall score

102 points

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

9 FPS

6 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

3 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

5 FPS

4 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

1 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

7 FPS

5 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

2 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

2 FPS

2 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

0 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

10280 points

111% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

4869 points

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

8744 points

69% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

5160 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

9476 points

81% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

5213 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

8020 points

58% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

5075 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

1000 MHz

400% significantly higher core clock speed

200 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1050 MHz

16% slightly higher boost clock speed

900 MHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

75 W

15 W

400% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

14.8 Gigapixels/s

388% significantly higher pixel rate

3.03 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

29.6 Gigatexels/s

144% significantly higher texture rate

12.13 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

512

100% significantly more shading units

256

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

100% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

300% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

359th of 586

502nd of 586

Family

The product line

Radeon R7 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.4

4.6

Radeon R7 250 vs Radeon R5 benchmarks

For gaming, the Radeon R7 250 graphics card is better than the Radeon R5 in our tests.

Our database shows that the Radeon R7 250 has a significantly higher core clock speed. This is the frequency at which the graphics core is running at. While not necessarily an indicator of overall performance, this metric can be useful when comparing two GPUs based on the same architecture. In addition, the Radeon R7 250 also has a slightly higher boost clock speed. This is a frequency that can be reached if the GPU is cooled sufficiently and has enough power.

In addition, the Radeon R5 has a significantly lower TDP at 15 W when compared to the Radeon R7 250 at 75 W. Heat output doesn't match power consumption directly but, it's a good estimate.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the Radeon R7 250 over the Radeon R5.