AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs AMD FireStream 9250

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and AMD FireStream 9250 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.

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

AMD FireStream 9250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 625 MHz
6496x more texture fill rate: 162.4 GTexel/s vs 25 GTexel / s
Around 76% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 800
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 55 nm
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 150 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1986 MHz
7.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9134 vs 1165
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 465

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Dec 2019 vs 16 June 2008
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	162.4 GTexel/s vs 25 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1408 vs 800
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1986 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9134 vs 1165
PassMark - G2D Mark	776 vs 465

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9134

1165

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

776

465

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT	AMD FireStream 9250
PassMark - G3D Mark	9134	1165
PassMark - G2D Mark	776	465
Geekbench - OpenCL	44541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	128.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2024.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	125.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	742.778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3367
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4910

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT	AMD FireStream 9250
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Navi 14	RV770
Launch date	12 Dec 2019	16 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$169
Place in performance rating	304	305
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	55 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	324.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.39 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.196 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1408	800
Pixel fill rate	59.04 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	162.4 GTexel/s	25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	956 million
Floating-point performance		1,000.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	7.09 inches (180 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.1
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	63.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1986 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support