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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Radeon R7 250

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon R7 250. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon R7 250. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Maxwell GPU Surface Book here:

    Maxwell GPU Surface Book Laptops

    Main Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon R7 250
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors N/A
    Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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    • Radeon R7 250 has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is used in Laptops, and Radeon R7 250 - in Desktops.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 250 - with GCN.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon R7 250 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 3862 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 8−9 3−4
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 1−2
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 20−22 14−16
    medium / 1080p 10−12 5−6
    The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 83% more, than Radeon R7 250.

    Full Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon R7 250
    Architecture Maxwell GCN
    Code name Surface Book Oland XT
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 1 October 2015 1 October 2013
    Pipelines 384 384
    Core clock speed 954 MHz
    Boost Clock 993 MHz 1050 MHz
    Transistor count 950 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 25.20
    Floating-point performance 716.8 gflops
    Length 168 mm
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1150 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 117 Mh/s
    Optimus +
    Design reference
    CrossFire +
    DDMA audio +
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 3 Mh/s
    AppAcceleration +
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