Radeon RX 6700 vs R7 250E
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R7 250E and Radeon RX 6700, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RX 6700 outperforms R7 250E by a whopping 1031% 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 | 734 | 90 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.10 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 5.59 | 19.85 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Cape Verde | Navi 22 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 20 December 2013 (11 years ago) | 9 June 2021 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $109 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 800 MHz | 1941 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2450 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 17,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 175 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 25.60 | 352.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8192 TFLOPS | 11.29 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 64 |
| TMUs | 32 | 144 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 36 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 576 KB |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 3 MB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 80 MB |
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 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 168 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 10 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 160 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1125 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 72 GB/s | 320.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK support
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 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
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 | 4.00 | 45.23 |
| Recency | 20 December 2013 | 9 June 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 10 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 175 Watt |
R7 250E has 218.2% lower power consumption.
RX 6700, on the other hand, has a 1030.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon RX 6700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 250E in performance tests.
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