UHD Graphics Xe G1 vs Radeon R7 250

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking762not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.10no data
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameOland XTTiger Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date1 October 2013 (10 years ago)15 August 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89 no data
Current price$256 (2.9x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores38448
Boost clock speed1050 MHzno data
Number of transistors950 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate25.20no data
Floating-point performance716.8 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 250 and UHD Graphics Xe G1 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8no data
Length168 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsN/Ano data

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 typeDDR3, GDDR5DDR4
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1150 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth72 GB/sno data
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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGAno data
HDMI+no data
DisplayPort 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
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data
DDMA audio+no data
Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 12DirectX 12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Mantle-no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2013 15 August 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 250 and UHD Graphics Xe G1. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R7 250 is a desktop card while UHD Graphics Xe G1 is a notebook one.


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