Radeon R7 250 vs Radeon R9 370

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon R7 250 and Radeon R9 370, 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 Radeon R7 250 stacks up against Radeon R9 370, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Radeon R7 250 Radeon R9 370
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 110 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors N/A 1x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 370 has 46% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 250.
  • Radeon R7 250 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon R9 370 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R7 250 and Radeon R9 370 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon R7 250 is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon R9 370 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Radeon R7 250 and Radeon R9 370 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R9 370 is 53 mm longer, than Radeon R7 250.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 370 is 4450 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 35−40
ultra / 1080p 1−2 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 14−16 60−65
medium / 1080p 5−6 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 370 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than Radeon R7 250.

Full Specs

  Radeon R7 250 Radeon R9 370
Architecture GCN GCN 1.0
Code name Oland XT Trinidad
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 1 October 2013 5 May 2015
Pipelines 384 1280
Core clock speed 925 MHz
Boost Clock 1050 MHz 975 MHz
Transistor count 950 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 25.20 78.00
Floating-point performance 716.8 gflops 2,496 gflops
Length 168 mm 221 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz 5600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 179.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 117 Mh/s 336 Mh/s
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 3 Mh/s
AppAcceleration +
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