GRID K520 vs Radeon R7 250

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GRID K520 and Radeon R7 250, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GRID K520 stacks up against Radeon R7 250, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GRID K520 Radeon R7 250
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin N/A
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • GRID K520 has 200% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 250.
  • GRID K520 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon R7 250 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • GRID K520 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 250.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID K520 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon R7 250 - with GCN.
  • GRID K520 and Radeon R7 250 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • GRID K520 is 99 mm longer, than Radeon R7 250.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID K520 is 3850 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 3−4
ultra / 1080p 9−10 1−2
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 14−16
medium / 1080p 20−22 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GRID K520 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 233% more, than Radeon R7 250.

Full Specs

  GRID K520 Radeon R7 250
Architecture Kepler GCN
Code name GK104 Oland XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 23 July 2013 1 October 2013
Pipelines 1536 384
Core clock speed 745 MHz
Boost Clock 1050 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 95.36 25.20
Floating-point performance 2x 2,448 gflops 716.8 gflops
Length 267 mm 168 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 76 Mh/s 117 Mh/s
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 3 Mh/s
AppAcceleration +
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