Tesla M10 vs Radeon R7 250E
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R7 250E with Tesla M10, including specs and performance data.
Tesla M10 outperforms R7 250E by an impressive 89% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 665 | 504 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.13 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 5.49 | 2.53 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | Maxwell (2014−2017) |
| GPU code name | Cape Verde | GM107 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 20 December 2013 (10 years ago) | 18 May 2016 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $109 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 640 |
| Core clock speed | 800 MHz | 1033 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1306 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 1,870 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 225 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 25.60 | 52.24 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8192 TFLOPS | 1.672 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 32 | 40 |
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 3.0 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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1125 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 72 GB/s | 83.2 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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 5.0 |
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 | 4.36 | 8.22 |
| Recency | 20 December 2013 | 18 May 2016 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 225 Watt |
R7 250E has 309.1% lower power consumption.
Tesla M10, on the other hand, has a 88.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount.
The Tesla M10 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 250E in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon R7 250E is a desktop card while Tesla M10 is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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