Quadro 5000 vs Radeon R7 250

In this comparison between Quadro 5000 and Radeon R7 250 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Quadro 5000 will be the best choice, for others Radeon R7 250 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon R7 250
Power consumption (TDP) 152 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin N/A
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2.5 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • Quadro 5000 has 102% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 250.
  • Quadro 5000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 250 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro 5000 and Radeon R7 250 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 5000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R7 250 - with GCN.
  • Quadro 5000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 250 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Quadro 5000 is 80 mm longer, than Radeon R7 250.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 5000 is 1850 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 3−4
ultra / 1080p 5−6 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 14−16
medium / 1080p 12−14 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 5000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon R7 250.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon R7 250
Architecture Fermi GCN
Code name GF100 Oland XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 23 February 2011 1 October 2013
Pipelines 352 384
Core clock speed 513 MHz
Boost Clock 1050 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 22.57 25.20
Floating-point performance 722.3 gflops 716.8 gflops
Length 248 mm 168 mm
Memory bus width 320 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz 1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth 120.0 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s 117 Mh/s
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 3 Mh/s
AppAcceleration +
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