Radeon R7 250X vs FirePro D300

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro D300 with Radeon R7 250X, including specs and performance data.

FirePro D300
2014
2 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
10.20
+73.5%

D300 outperforms R7 250X by an impressive 73% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking444592
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.63
Power efficiency4.685.06
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code namePitcairnCape Verde
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date18 January 2014 (10 years ago)13 February 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1280640
Core clock speed850 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1000 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate68.0038.00
Floating-point processing power2.176 TFLOPS1.216 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs8040

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 supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length242 mm210 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1 x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1270 MHz1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth162.6 GB/s96 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinity-+
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire-+
FreeSync-+
DDMA audiono data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)DirectX® 12
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.131-

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 10.20 5.88
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 80 Watt

FirePro D300 has a 73.5% higher aggregate performance score.

R7 250X, on the other hand, has 87.5% lower power consumption.

The FirePro D300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 250X in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D300 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R7 250X 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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