ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 vs R7 250E

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 250E and Radeon HD 4870 X2, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 250E
2013
1 GB GDDR5, 55 Watt
4.37
+28.9%

R7 250E outperforms ATI HD 4870 X2 by a significant 29% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking668728
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.140.13
Power efficiency5.520.82
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameCape VerdeR700
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 December 2013 (10 years ago)12 August 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 $550

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R7 250E has 777% better value for money than ATI HD 4870 X2.

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 cores512800
Core clock speed800 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million956 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt286 Watt
Texture fill rate25.6028.00
Floating-point processing power0.8192 TFLOPS1.12 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs3240

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 2.0 x16
Length168 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s115.2 GB/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 DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.37 3.39
Recency 20 December 2013 12 August 2008
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 286 Watt

R7 250E has a 28.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 420% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R7 250E is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4870 X2 in performance tests.


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