AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
AMD Radeon R7 250
AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
AMD Radeon R7 250

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon R9 280  vs  AMD Radeon R7 250.

237
Place in performance rating
599
no data
Value for money (0-100)
22.79
GCN 1.0
Architecture
GCN
Tahiti
Code name
Oland
Desktop
Type
Desktop
4 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
1 October 2013 (8 years ago)
$279
Launch price (MSRP)
$89
$305 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$117 (1.3x MSRP)
reference
Design
reference
10.12
Value for money
1.00
Tahiti
GPU code name
Oland XT
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R9 280  vs  AMD Radeon R7 250 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1792
Pipelines
384
933 MHz
Boost Clock
1050 MHz
4,313 million
Transistor count
950 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
200 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
104.5
Texture fill rate
25.20
3,344 gflops
Floating-point performance
716.8 gflops
1792
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
933 MHz
Boost clock speed
1050 MHz
4,313 million
Number of transistors
950 million
200 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon R7 250 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
275 mm
Length
168 mm
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
N/A
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon R9 280 vs AMD Radeon R7 250.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1250 MHz
Memory clock speed
1150 MHz
240 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
72 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon R9 280 vs AMD Radeon R7 250.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
1
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

-
AppAcceleration
+
1
CrossFire
1
1
FreeSync
1
+
HD3D
-
1
LiquidVR
no data
-
PowerTune
-
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
-
-
ZeroCore
-
+
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
+
UVD
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon R7 250 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX® 12
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
-
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon R7 250 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R9 280 or AMD Radeon R7 250 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R7 250
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R7 250
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R7 250
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R7 250
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R7 250
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 280

20.18% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1792 vs 384)

More maximum RAM amount (3 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (240 GB/s vs 72 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 250

Cheaper ($117 (1.3x MSRP) vs $305 (1.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 200 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon R9 280 or AMD Radeon R7 250?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 280 .

AMD Radeon R9 280 versus AMD Radeon R7 250 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.5 Out of 30 Hitesti Score
3.9 Out of 37 Hitesti Score