Radeon R9 370X vs R7 250

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	760	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.10	no data
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Oland XT	Trinidad
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	1 October 2013 (10 years ago)	27 August 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$89	$199
Current price	$256 (2.9x MSRP)	$299 (1.5x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

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	1280
Core clock speed	no data	980 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	1030 MHz
Number of transistors	950 million	2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	180 Watt
Texture fill rate	25.20	82.40
Floating-point performance	716.8 gflops	2,637 gflops

Size and 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	221 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	N/A	2x 6-pin

Memory

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz	5600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	179.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Video outputs and ports

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	-	no data

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

API support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	no data	1.2.131
Mantle	-	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	1 October 2013	27 August 2015
Cost	$89	$199
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	180 Watt

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