ATI Radeon 9250 vs R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	848	1588
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN (2012−2015)	Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code name	Kaveri Spectre	RV280
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	14 January 2014 (11 years ago)	1 March 2004 (21 years ago)

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	384	no data
Core clock speed	720 MHz	240 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	36 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	no data	0.96
ROPs	no data	4
TMUs	no data	4

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	no data	AGP 8x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	no data	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	no data	64 MB
Memory bus width	no data	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	3.2 GB/s
Shared memory	+	no data

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

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1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (FL 12_0)	8.1
OpenGL	no data	1.4
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A

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

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FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 January 2014	1 March 2004
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm

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