GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon R7 250E

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 250E and GeForce RTX 5090, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 250E
2013
1 GB GDDR5, 55 Watt
4.36

RTX 5090 outperforms R7 250E by a whopping 2194% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6821
Place by popularitynot in top-10059
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.2710.80
Power efficiency5.4512.21
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameCape VerdeGB202
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 December 2013 (11 years ago)30 January 2025 (recently)
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 750% 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 cores51221760
Core clock speed800 MHz2017 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2407 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million92,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt575 Watt
Texture fill rate25.601,637
Floating-point processing power0.8192 TFLOPS104.8 TFLOPS
ROPs16176
TMUs32680
Tensor Coresno data680
Ray Tracing Coresno data170

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length168 mm304 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount1 GB32 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s1.79 TB/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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x 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.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.4
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 HD8−9
−2438%
203
+2438%
1440p8−9
−2225%
186
+2225%
4K6−7
−2367%
148
+2367%

Cost per frame, $

1080p13.63
−38.4%
9.85
+38.4%
1440p13.63
−26.8%
10.75
+26.8%
4K18.17
−34.5%
13.51
+34.5%
  • RTX 5090 has 38% lower cost per frame in 1080p
  • RTX 5090 has 27% lower cost per frame in 1440p
  • RTX 5090 has 35% lower cost per frame in 4K

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Battlefield 5 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 210−220
+0%
210−220
+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 5 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 650−700
+0%
650−700
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Battlefield 5 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 210−220
+0%
210−220
+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 5 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 170−180
+0%
170−180
+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%
Counter-Strike 2 202
+0%
202
+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%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 350
+0%
350
+0%
Valorant 650−700
+0%
650−700
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 183
+0%
183
+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 160−170
+0%
160−170
+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%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 321
+0%
321
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 128
+0%
128
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 174
+0%
174
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Metro Exodus 167
+0%
167
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 378
+0%
378
+0%
Valorant 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 55
+0%
55
+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%
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 2438% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 5090 is 2225% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 5090 is 2367% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 61 test (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.36 100.00
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 2193.6% 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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AMD Radeon R7 250E
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