AMD Radeon R7 250 vs AMD FirePro V5900

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250 and AMD FirePro V5900 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 22.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 17% better floating-point performance: 716.8 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7733 vs 2880
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 20.161 vs 8.167
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.655 vs 0.772
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 30.046 vs 20.064
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 96.934 vs 66.259
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2179 vs 1713
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3170 vs 2091
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2179 vs 1713
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3170 vs 2091
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 24 May 2011
Texture fill rate 22.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 716.8 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 7733 vs 2880
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.161 vs 8.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.655 vs 0.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.046 vs 20.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 96.934 vs 66.259
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2179 vs 1713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3170 vs 2091
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2179 vs 1713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3170 vs 2091

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V5900

  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
  • Around 74% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1150 MHz
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1264 vs 1072
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 350 vs 289
  • Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 409.102 vs 304.279
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5078 vs 3356
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5078 vs 3356
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 512 vs 384
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1264 vs 1072
PassMark - G2D Mark 350 vs 289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 409.102 vs 304.279
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5078 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5078 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250
GPU 2: AMD FirePro V5900

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1072
1264
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
289
350
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
7733
2880
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.161
8.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
304.279
409.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.655
0.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
30.046
20.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
96.934
66.259
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2179
1713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3170
2091
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
5078
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2179
1713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3170
2091
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
5078
Name AMD Radeon R7 250 AMD FirePro V5900
PassMark - G3D Mark 1072 1264
PassMark - G2D Mark 289 350
Geekbench - OpenCL 7733 2880
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.161 8.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 304.279 409.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.655 0.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.046 20.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 96.934 66.259
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2179 1713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3170 2091
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 5078
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2179 1713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3170 2091
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 5078
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 250 AMD FirePro V5900

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 3
Code name Oland Cayman
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013 24 May 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $89
Place in performance rating 1089 1091
Price now $78.34
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 27.62

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Floating-point performance 716.8 gflops 614.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 512
Stream Processors 384
Texture fill rate 22.4 GTexel / s 19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 2,640 million
Core clock speed 600 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 230 mm
Supplementary power connectors N / A None

API support

DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type DDR3 / GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync