AMD FirePro W6150M vs AMD Radeon R7 250X

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W6150M and AMD Radeon R7 250X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W6150M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 36% higher texture fill rate: 51.6 GTexel / s vs 38 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
  • Around 36% better floating-point performance: 1,651 gflops vs 1,216 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 3.4x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1625 MHz
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2358 vs 2269
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 November 2015 vs 13 February 2014
Texture fill rate 51.6 GTexel / s vs 38 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 640
Floating-point performance 1,651 gflops vs 1,216 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3358
PassMark - G3D Mark 2358 vs 2269

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250X

  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 2698
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 2698
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 286
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 2698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 2698
PassMark - G2D Mark 637 vs 286

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W6150M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250X

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2698
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2698
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3358
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
286
637
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2358
2269
Name AMD FirePro W6150M AMD Radeon R7 250X
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2698 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2698 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3358
Geekbench - OpenCL 43598
PassMark - G2D Mark 286 637
PassMark - G3D Mark 2358 2269
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 32.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 637.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.917
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 51.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 151.805
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3916
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro W6150M AMD Radeon R7 250X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Saturn Cape Verde
Launch date 12 November 2015 13 February 2014
Place in performance rating 658 660
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $99
Price now $260.70
Value for money (0-100) 11.25

Technical info

Core clock speed 1075 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,651 gflops 1,216 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 640
Texture fill rate 51.6 GTexel / s 38 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,080 million 1,500 million
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Stream Processors 640
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 210 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 88 GB / s 96 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 1625 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync