Quadro CX vs Radeon R7 250X

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

Main Specs

  Quadro CX Radeon R7 250X
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 80 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Quadro CX has 87% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 250X.
  • Quadro CX is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 250X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro CX has 1534 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 250X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro CX is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 250X - with GCN 1.0.
  • Quadro CX is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 250X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Quadro CX is 57 mm longer, than Radeon R7 250X.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R7 250X is 25 MHz higher, than Quadro CX.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 1−2 10−12
ultra / 1080p 0−1 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 10−12 24−27
medium / 1080p 2−3 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 250X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 240% more, than Quadro CX.

Full Specs

  Quadro CX Radeon R7 250X
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GT200B Cape Verde
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 11 November 2008 13 February 2014
Pipelines 192 640
Core clock speed 602 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 38.53 38.00
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops 1,216 gflops
Length 267 mm 210 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 96 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model 4.0 5.1
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 1.3
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 152 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
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