GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs Radeon R7 250

Place in performance ranking	762	79
Place by popularity	not in top-100	23
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.10	29.49
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Oland XT	Turing TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	1 October 2013 (10 years ago)	2 July 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$89	$399
Current price	$256 (2.9x MSRP)	$374 (0.9x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2060 Super has 29390% better value for money than R7 250.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	2176
Core clock speed	no data	1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	1650 MHz
Number of transistors	950 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	175 Watt
Texture fill rate	25.20	224.4
Floating-point performance	716.8 gflops	no data

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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	168 mm	229 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	N/A	1x 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	DDR3, GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	-	no data
G-SYNC support	no data	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	+	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data
DDMA audio	+	no data
VR Ready	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	no data	1.2.131
Mantle	-	no data
CUDA	no data	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R7 250 2.77

RTX 2060 Super 42.83
+1446%

GeForce RTX 2060 Super outperforms Radeon R7 250 by 1446% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R7 250 1072

RTX 2060 Super 16576
+1446%

GeForce RTX 2060 Super outperforms Radeon R7 250 by 1446% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

R7 250 12581

RTX 2060 Super 83631
+565%

GeForce RTX 2060 Super outperforms Radeon R7 250 by 565% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

R7 250 2775

RTX 2060 Super 29637
+968%

GeForce RTX 2060 Super outperforms Radeon R7 250 by 968% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R7 250 2145

RTX 2060 Super 21970
+924%

GeForce RTX 2060 Super outperforms Radeon R7 250 by 924% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R7 250 15080

RTX 2060 Super 119831
+695%

GeForce RTX 2060 Super outperforms Radeon R7 250 by 695% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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	19 −537%	121 +537%
1440p	4−5 −1700%	72 +1700%
4K	2−3 −2200%	46 +2200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−1660%

88
+1660%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −2425%	101 +2425%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −1850%	117 +1850%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −1075%	141 +1075%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −1480%	79 +1480%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −3275%	135 +3275%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −3075%	127 +3075%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −2071%	152 +2071%
Hitman 3	5−6 −2600%	135 +2600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −2450%	102 +2450%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −1667%	106 +1667%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −1322%	128 +1322%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −10300%	104 +10300%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −2025%	85 +2025%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −1583%	101 +1583%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −875%	117 +875%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −1320%	71 +1320%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −3050%	126 +3050%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −2900%	120 +2900%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −2000%	147 +2000%
Hitman 3	5−6 −2400%	125 +2400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −1825%	77 +1825%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −1925%	81 +1925%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −883%	59 +883%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −1144%	112 +1144%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −2229%	163 +2229%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −8900%	90 +8900%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −1425%	61 +1425%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −1450%	93 +1450%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −1140%	62 +1140%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −2850%	118 +2850%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −2600%	108 +2600%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −1614%	120 +1614%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −1114%	85 +1114%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −5800%	59 +5800%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −1500%	80 +1500%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1317%	85 +1317%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −500%	54 +500%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −4800%	49 +4800%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −3700%	38 +3700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −1100%	72 +1100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	52
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −3900%	40 +3900%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −2100%	88 +2100%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −9700%	98 +9700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −2033%	60−65 +2033%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −2200%	46 +2200%
Hitman 3	3−4 −1433%	46 +1433%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −129%	16 +129%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −2300%	24 +2300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −3400%	35 +3400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2800%	29 +2800%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −1050%	46 +1050%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −717%	49 +717%

This is how R7 250 and RTX 2060 Super compete in popular games:

RTX 2060 Super is 537% faster than R7 250 in 1080p
RTX 2060 Super is 1700% faster than R7 250 in 1440p
RTX 2060 Super is 2200% faster than R7 250 in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2060 Super is 10300% faster than the R7 250.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 2060 Super surpassed R7 250 in all 53 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.77	42.83
Recency	1 October 2013	2 July 2019
Cost	$89	$399
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	175 Watt