Radeon RX 9070 XT vs ATI 9250

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	1579	33
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	62.14
Power efficiency	no data	16.06
Architecture	Rage 7 (2001−2006)	RDNA 4.0 (2025)
GPU code name	RV280	Navi 48
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 March 2004 (21 years ago)	6 March 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	no data	4096
Core clock speed	240 MHz	1660 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2970 MHz
Number of transistors	36 million	53,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	304 Watt
Texture fill rate	0.96	760.3
Floating-point processing power	no data	48.66 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	128
TMUs	4	256
Tensor Cores	no data	128
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	64

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	AGP 8x	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin

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	DDR	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	16 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	200 MHz	2518 MHz
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB/s	644.6 GB/s
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	8.1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.8
OpenGL	1.4	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	2.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
DLSS	-	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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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	no data	214
1440p	no data	126
4K	no data	80

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.80
1440p	no data	4.75
4K	no data	7.49

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 March 2004	6 March 2025
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	16 GB
Chip lithography	150 nm	5 nm

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