Radeon R7 250E vs FirePro W5000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W5000 with Radeon R7 250E, including specs and performance data.

FirePro W5000
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
7.71
+76.4%

W5000 outperforms R7 250E by an impressive 76% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking518665
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.371.14
Power efficiency7.425.73
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code namePitcairnCape Verde
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date7 August 2012 (12 years ago)20 December 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 $109

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W5000 has 20% better value for money than R7 250E.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores768512
Core clock speed825 MHz800 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt55 Watt
Texture fill rate39.6025.60
Floating-point processing power1.267 TFLOPS0.8192 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs4832

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length183 mm168 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Form factorfull height / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s72 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+
DisplayPort count2no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.71 4.37
Recency 7 August 2012 20 December 2013
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 55 Watt

FirePro W5000 has a 76.4% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

R7 250E, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 36.4% lower power consumption.

The FirePro W5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 250E in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W5000 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R7 250E is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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