AMD FirePro W6170M vs AMD Radeon R7 250XE

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W6170M and AMD Radeon R7 250XE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD FirePro W6170M

AMD Radeon R7 250XE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W6170M

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1075 MHz vs 860 MHz
Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 51.6 GTexel / s vs 34.4 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
Around 50% better floating-point performance: 1,651 gflops vs 1,101 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 22% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 4500 MHz

Core clock speed	1075 MHz vs 860 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.6 GTexel / s vs 34.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 640
Floating-point performance	1,651 gflops vs 1,101 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 4500 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W6170M	AMD Radeon R7 250XE
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Saturn	Cape Verde
Launch date	25 August 2014	21 August 2014
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1075 MHz	860 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,651 gflops	1,101 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	640
Texture fill rate	51.6 GTexel / s	34.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	1,500 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		80 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	88 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5