AMD Radeon R7 250 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon R7 250 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER occupy entirely different segments of the graphics market, and their benchmark data reflects that separation. The R7 250 is an end-of-life entry-level part from the Volcanic Islands generation, built around the Cape Verde chip. Its recorded Geekbench OpenCL score is 7557, placing it at the 41st percentile among all GPUs in the database. That percentile rank puts it in the lower-middle range of the performance distribution, competitive with other modest cards from its era.

The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER, by contrast, is an active, current-generation GeForce 50-series flagship-adjacent part. Its recorded 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 6269.5, which places it at the 36th percentile in the database. While that percentile figure might seem modest, the database's percentile ranking is global across all GPUs ever recorded, and the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER sits among much more recent, high-end hardware. The R7 250 wins in one narrow sense: its percentile rank is higher by 5 points, and its raw OpenCL score of 7557 is numerically larger than the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER's 6269.5 Steel Nomad result. However, these are different benchmarks measuring different workloads, so a direct cross-test comparison is not meaningful.

The R7 250 wins where legacy compatibility and low power draw matter. It requires no external power connectors, draws 55 W under load, and fits in a single slot. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER wins everywhere else: it has vastly more shading units, texture units, ROPs, dedicated ray tracing cores, tensor cores, and 16 GB of GDDR7 memory versus 1024 MB of DDR3. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, while the R7 250 tops out at DirectX 12 (11_1) and Vulkan 1.2.170.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gulf between these two GPUs is enormous. The R7 250 uses GCN 1.0 architecture on a 28 nm TSMC process, with 1,500 million transistors packed into a 123 mm² die. That yields a transistor density of 12.2 million transistors per square millimeter. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER uses Blackwell 2.0 architecture on a 5 nm TSMC process, with 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die, for a density of 120.6 million transistors per square millimeter. The newer card packs 30.4 times the transistor count into roughly three times the die area.

The R7 250 has 512 shading units, 32 texture mapping units, and 16 ROPs. It has no dedicated ray tracing or tensor cores, reflecting its 2013-era design. Its pixel rate is 14.80 GPixel/s and its texture rate is 29.60 GTexel/s. FP32 compute is 947.2 GFLOPS, and there is no recorded FP16 capability. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has 8,960 shading units, 280 TMUs, and 96 ROPs, plus 70 ray tracing cores and 280 tensor cores. Its pixel rate is 235.4 GPixel/s, its texture rate is 686.6 GTexel/s, and FP32 compute reaches 43.94 TFLOPS with FP16 at the same 43.94 TFLOPS (1:1 ratio). The newer card's shading unit count is 17.5 times higher, and its FP32 throughput is roughly 46 times higher.

Memory architecture also differs fundamentally. The R7 250 uses 1024 MB of DDR3 on a 128-bit bus, yielding 28.80 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER uses 16 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus, yielding 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is 31.1 times higher. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER also carries dedicated ray tracing and tensor hardware, which the R7 250 lacks entirely. Both cards support OpenGL 4.6, but their DirectX and Vulkan support diverges sharply: the R7 250 supports DirectX 12 (11_1) and Vulkan 1.2.170, while the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has a higher benchmark score in the database?

A: The AMD Radeon R7 250 records a Geekbench OpenCL score of 7557, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER records a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6269.5. These are different test suites, so the scores are not directly comparable across the two.

Q: How do the nearest rivals compare to the R7 250?

A: The R7 250 is 0.1% ahead of the Intel Arc A310, 0.3% behind the AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100, 1.1% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, and 1.5% ahead of the AMD Radeon HD 8850M in average benchmark score.

Q: What are the nearest rivals to the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER matches the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER AD102 exactly at 0% delta. It is 0.2% behind the NVIDIA Quadro K620, 0.8% ahead of the AMD FirePro W600, and 0.9% behind the AMD Radeon R7 M350.

Q: Which card has more memory and bandwidth?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has 16 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus with 896.0 GB/s bandwidth. The R7 250 has 1024 MB of DDR3 on a 128-bit bus with 28.80 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: Does the R7 250 support ray tracing?

A: No. The R7 250 has no ray tracing cores and no tensor cores. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has 70 ray tracing cores and 280 tensor cores.

Q: What are the power and cooling requirements for each card?

A: The R7 250 has a 55 W TDP, is single-slot, requires no power connectors, and suggests a 250 W PSU. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has a 350 W TDP, is dual-slot, requires a single 16-pin connector, and has no suggested PSU listed in the database.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every specification field in the database. The R7 250 uses a 28 nm process node, while the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER uses 5 nm. Transistor counts are 1,500 million versus 45,600 million, and die sizes are 123 mm² versus 378 mm². Transistor density is 12.2 million per mm² versus 120.6 million per mm².

The R7 250 has no base or boost clock recorded, while the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has a 2295 MHz base clock and a 2452 MHz boost clock. Memory clocks are 900 MHz (1800 Mbps effective) for the R7 250 versus 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective) for the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER. Memory size is 1024 MB versus 16 GB, type is DDR3 versus GDDR7, bus width is 128 bit versus 256 bit, and bandwidth is 28.80 GB/s versus 896.0 GB/s.

Shading units are 512 versus 8,960, TMUs are 32 versus 280, and ROPs are 16 versus 96. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER adds 70 ray tracing cores and 280 tensor cores that the R7 250 does not have. Pixel rates are 14.80 GPixel/s versus 235.4 GPixel/s, texture rates are 29.60 GTexel/s versus 686.6 GTexel/s, and FP32 compute is 947.2 GFLOPS versus 43.94 TFLOPS. FP16 is not listed for the R7 250, while the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER delivers 43.94 TFLOPS (1:1).

TDP is 55 W versus 350 W. Slot width is single-slot versus dual-slot. Power connectors are none versus one 16-pin. The suggested PSU is 250 W for the R7 250, with no figure listed for the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER. Bus interface is PCIe 3.0 x16 versus PCIe 5.0 x16. Display outputs are 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2 versus 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b. DirectX support is 12 (11_1) versus 12 Ultimate (12_2). Vulkan support is 1.2.170 versus 1.4. Dimensions are 168 mm (6.6 inches) length for the R7 250, while the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER measures 304 mm (12 inches) long, 137 mm (5.4 inches) high, and 48 mm (1.9 inches) wide. Production status is end-of-life versus active. Release dates are October 2013 versus December 2025.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database does not contain a direct head-to-head benchmark run between these two GPUs, so the comparison must rely on their respective nearest-rival relationships and architectural specifications.

The R7 250's OpenCL score of 7557 places it 0.1% ahead of the Intel Arc A310 (7550) and 1.1% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (7472). It trails the AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100 (7580) by 0.3% and the AMD Radeon HD 8850M (7447) by 1.5%. These deltas are all within a narrow band, confirming that the R7 250 sits in a tightly clustered performance tier. The GTX 1650, a card from a much later generation, is only 1.1% behind the R7 250 in this particular OpenCL workload, which suggests the R7 250's compute capabilities remain competitive within its class despite its age.

The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER's Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6269.5 is essentially identical to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER AD102 at 6270, a 0% delta. It sits 0.2% behind the NVIDIA Quadro K620 (6282) and 0.9% behind the AMD Radeon R7 M350 (6327), while leading the AMD FirePro W600 (6223) by 0.8%. The near-parity with the 4070 Ti SUPER AD102 is notable, as it indicates the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER delivers comparable Steel Nomad performance to that prior-generation card despite the newer architecture.

The biggest wins for the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER are not measured in benchmark deltas but in raw architectural capability. Its FP32 throughput of 43.94 TFLOPS dwarfs the R7 250's 947.2 GFLOPS, a roughly 46-fold advantage. Its texture rate of 686.6 GTexel/s is 23.2 times the R7 250's 29.60 GTexel/s. Its pixel rate of 235.4 GPixel/s is 15.9 times the R7 250's 14.80 GPixel/s. Memory bandwidth is 31.1 times higher at 896.0 GB/s versus 28.80 GB/s.

The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER also brings capabilities the R7 250 cannot match at all: 70 ray tracing cores, 280 tensor cores, DirectX 12 Ultimate support, and Vulkan 1.4. The R7 250's advantages are limited to its lower 55 W power draw, its lack of external power connectors, its single-slot footprint, and its higher global percentile rank of 41 versus 36. For workloads that rely on the OpenCL compute path measured in the database, the R7 250's score of 7557 sits comfortably above the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER's 6269.5 Steel Nomad result, though the different test methodologies prevent any direct performance conclusion from that gap.