Radeon R7 250E vs UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)

Aggregated performance score

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
2021
4.71
+10%

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) outperforms Radeon R7 250E by 10% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking610634
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.11
ArchitectureGen. 12 (2021)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameTiger Lake XeCape Verde
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date11 May 2021 (2 years ago)20 December 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$109
Current priceno data$599 (5.5x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores32512
Core clock speed350 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speed1450 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology10 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data55 Watt
Texture fill rateno data25.60
Floating-point performanceno data819.2 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) and Radeon R7 250E compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data4500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data72 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkanno data1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 4.71
+10%
R7 250E 4.28

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) outperforms Radeon R7 250E by 10% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 2495
+26.6%
R7 250E 1970

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) outperforms Radeon R7 250E by 27% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 HD17
+21.4%
14−16
−21.4%
1440p30
+11.1%
27−30
−11.1%
4K12
+20%
10−12
−20%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 11
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Battlefield 5 18
+12.5%
16−18
−12.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Far Cry 5 14
+16.7%
12−14
−16.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 14
+16.7%
12−14
−16.7%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+25%
12−14
−25%
Hitman 3 16
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 13
+30%
10−11
−30%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 13
+30%
10−11
−30%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Battlefield 5 16
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Far Cry 5 13
+30%
10−11
−30%
Far Cry New Dawn 13
+30%
10−11
−30%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+25%
12−14
−25%
Hitman 3 12
+20%
10−11
−20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Metro Exodus 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 11
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Battlefield 5 15
+25%
12−14
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Far Cry 5 12
+20%
10−11
−20%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+25%
12−14
−25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Hitman 3 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Hitman 3 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

This is how UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) and R7 250E compete in popular games:

  • UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is 21.4% faster than R7 250E in 1080p
  • UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is 11.1% faster than R7 250E in 1440p
  • UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is 20% faster than R7 250E in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.71 4.28
Recency 11 May 2021 20 December 2013
Chip lithography 10 nm 28 nm

The UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 250E in performance tests.

Be aware that UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is a notebook card while Radeon R7 250E is a desktop one.


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