FirePro W9000 vs Radeon R7 250X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W9000 and Radeon R7 250X. 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 W9000 and Radeon R7 250X. 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 W9000 Radeon R7 250X
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 80 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
  Check Price Check Price
  • FirePro W9000 has 337% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 250X.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W9000 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 250X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W9000 and Radeon R7 250X are build with GCN 1.0 architecture.
  • FirePro W9000 and Radeon R7 250X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W9000 is 69 mm longer, than Radeon R7 250X.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 3875 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 10−12
ultra / 1080p 21−24 6−7
QHD / 1440p 16−18 1−2
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 24−27
medium / 1080p 40−45 14−16
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W9000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than Radeon R7 250X.

Full Specs

  FirePro W9000 Radeon R7 250X
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Tahiti Cape Verde
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 14 June 2012 13 February 2014
Pipelines 2048 640
Core clock speed 975 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 124.8 38.00
Floating-point performance 3,994 gflops 1,216 gflops
Length 279 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) 460 Mh/s 152 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
Dual-link DVI support +
  Check Price Check Price