FirePro S9050 vs Radeon R7 250

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro S9050 and Radeon R7 250. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro S9050 and Radeon R7 250. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FirePro S9050 Radeon R7 250
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin N/A
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • FirePro S9050 has 200% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 250.
  • FirePro S9050 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon R7 250 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • FirePro S9050 has 10 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 250.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro S9050 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 250 - with GCN.
  • FirePro S9050 and Radeon R7 250 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro S9050 is 86 mm longer, than Radeon R7 250.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro S9050 is 4350 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 3−4
ultra / 1080p 12−14 1−2
QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 35−40 14−16
medium / 1080p 24−27 5−6
The average gaming FPS of FirePro S9050 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 300% more, than Radeon R7 250.

Full Specs

  FirePro S9050 Radeon R7 250
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN
Code name Tahiti Oland XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 7 August 2014 1 October 2013
Pipelines 1792 384
Core clock speed 900 MHz
Boost Clock 1050 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 25.20
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 716.8 gflops
Length 254 mm 168 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
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) 117 Mh/s
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 3 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
AppAcceleration +
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