AMD Radeon R7 250 vs ATI Radeon 9800 XXL
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Cape Verde | R360 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Cape Verde PRO | R360 (215R9RBKA11F) |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Rage 9 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 117 million |
| Die size | 123 mm² | 218 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Oct 8th, 2013 | Oct 1st, 2003 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Volcanic Islands | Radeon R300 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Predecessor | Sea Islands | Radeon R200 |
| Successor | Pirate Islands | Radeon R400 AGP |
| Reviews | — | 20 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 700 MHz | 390 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 900 MHz 1800 Mbps effective | 338 MHz 676 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 128 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR3 | DDR |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 28.80 GB/s | 21.63 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 512 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 32 | 8 |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| Compute units | 8 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 8 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 11.20 GPixel/s | 3.120 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 22.40 GTexel/s | 3.120 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 716.8 GFLOPS | — |
| FP64 (double) performance | 44.80 GFLOPS (1:16) | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 390.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | — |
| TDP | 55 W | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 250 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x DisplayPort | 2x VGA1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | Floppy |
| Board number | — | A069 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 9.0 |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | — |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | — |
| Shader model | 5.1 | — |
| Pixel shader | — | 2.0 |
| Vertex shader | — | 2.0 |
