GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon R7 250E
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R7 250E and GeForce RTX 5090, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RTX 5090 outperforms R7 250E by a whopping 2256% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 691 | 2 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 13 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.09 | 11.12 |
| Power efficiency | 5.42 | 12.22 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | Cape Verde | GB202 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 20 December 2013 (11 years ago) | 30 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $109 | $1,999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
RTX 5090 has 920% better value for money than R7 250E.
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 | 512 | 21760 |
| Core clock speed | 800 MHz | 2017 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2407 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 92,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 575 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 25.60 | 1,637 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8192 TFLOPS | 104.8 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 176 |
| TMUs | 32 | 680 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 680 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 170 |
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 3.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 168 mm | 304 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 16-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 | GDDR5 | GDDR7 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 512 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1125 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 72 GB/s | 1.79 TB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 DisplayPort | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.4 |
| CUDA | - | 10.1 |
| DLSS | - | + |
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 | 10−12
−2280%
| 238
+2280%
|
| 1440p | 8−9
−2413%
| 201
+2413%
|
| 4K | 6−7
−2517%
| 157
+2517%
|
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | 10.90
−29.8%
| 8.40
+29.8%
|
| 1440p | 13.63
−37%
| 9.95
+37%
|
| 4K | 18.17
−42.7%
| 12.73
+42.7%
|
- RTX 5090 has 30% lower cost per frame in 1080p
- RTX 5090 has 37% lower cost per frame in 1440p
- RTX 5090 has 43% lower cost per frame in 4K
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 240−250
+0%
|
240−250
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 190−200
+0%
|
190−200
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 240−250
+0%
|
240−250
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 220−230
+0%
|
220−230
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 260−270
+0%
|
260−270
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Valorant | 650−700
+0%
|
650−700
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 190−200
+0%
|
190−200
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 270−280
+0%
|
270−280
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 240−250
+0%
|
240−250
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 220−230
+0%
|
220−230
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 260−270
+0%
|
260−270
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 69
+0%
|
69
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 400−450
+0%
|
400−450
+0%
|
| Valorant | 650−700
+0%
|
650−700
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 190−200
+0%
|
190−200
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 240−250
+0%
|
240−250
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 220−230
+0%
|
220−230
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 166
+0%
|
166
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 358
+0%
|
358
+0%
|
| Valorant | 650−700
+0%
|
650−700
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 500−550
+0%
|
500−550
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 202
+0%
|
202
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Valorant | 450−500
+0%
|
450−500
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 190−200
+0%
|
190−200
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 150−160
+0%
|
150−160
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 200−210
+0%
|
200−210
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 160
+0%
|
160
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 327
+0%
|
327
+0%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 150−160
+0%
|
150−160
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 87
+0%
|
87
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 180−190
+0%
|
180−190
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 136
+0%
|
136
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 167
+0%
|
167
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 386
+0%
|
386
+0%
|
| Valorant | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 150−160
+0%
|
150−160
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 80−85
+0%
|
80−85
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 102
+0%
|
102
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
This is how R7 250E and RTX 5090 compete in popular games:
- RTX 5090 is 2280% faster in 1080p
- RTX 5090 is 2413% faster in 1440p
- RTX 5090 is 2517% faster in 4K
All in all, in popular games:
- there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.76 | 88.60 |
| Recency | 20 December 2013 | 30 January 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 32 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 575 Watt |
R7 250E has 945.5% lower power consumption.
RTX 5090, on the other hand, has a 2256.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce RTX 5090 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 250E in performance tests.
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