Radeon R7 250E vs ATI HD 3850
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 3850 and Radeon R7 250E, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
R7 250E outperforms ATI HD 3850 by a whopping 329% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1104 | 670 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.04 | 1.13 |
| Power efficiency | 0.94 | 5.48 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) |
| GPU code name | RV670 | Cape Verde |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 19 November 2007 (17 years ago) | 20 December 2013 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $179 | $109 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
R7 250E has 2725% better value for money than ATI HD 3850.
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 | 320 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 668 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 666 million | 1,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 55 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 10.69 | 25.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.4275 TFLOPS | 0.8192 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 16 | 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 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 208 mm | 168 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-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 | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 830 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 53.12 GB/s | 72 GB/s |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.02 | 4.38 |
| Recency | 19 November 2007 | 20 December 2013 |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 55 Watt |
R7 250E has a 329.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 36.4% lower power consumption.
The Radeon R7 250E is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 3850 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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