FirePro S9050 vs Radeon R7 250X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro S9050 and Radeon R7 250X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro S9050 stacks up against Radeon R7 250X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro S9050 Radeon R7 250X
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 80 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro S9050 has 181% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 250X.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro S9050 has 10 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 250X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro S9050 and Radeon R7 250X are build with GCN 1.0 architecture.
  • FirePro S9050 and Radeon R7 250X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro S9050 is 44 mm longer, than Radeon R7 250X.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro S9050 is 3875 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 10−12
ultra / 1080p 12−14 6−7
QHD / 1440p 6−7 1−2
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 35−40 24−27
medium / 1080p 24−27 14−16
The average gaming FPS of FirePro S9050 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 81% more, than Radeon R7 250X.

Full Specs

  FirePro S9050 Radeon R7 250X
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Tahiti Cape Verde
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 7 August 2014 13 February 2014
Pipelines 1792 640
Core clock speed 900 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 38.00
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 1,216 gflops
Length 254 mm 210 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 96 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 152 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Form factor full height / full length
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