ATI FirePro V8700 Duo vs Radeon HD 8250

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1216not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.79no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameKalindiRV770
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date23 May 2013 (11 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

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 cores128800
Core clock speed300 MHz750 MHz
Boost clock speed400 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,178 million956 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)8 Watt151 Watt
Texture fill rate3.20030.00
Floating-point processing power0.1024 TFLOPSno data
ROPs416
TMUs840

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data254 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 6-pin

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared1 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared3.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data108.8 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model6.34.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 8 Watt 151 Watt

HD 8250 has a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 1787.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8250 and FirePro V8700 Duo. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8250 is a notebook card while FirePro V8700 Duo is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon HD 8250
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