Radeon HD 6250 vs FirePro D500
Aggregate performance score
We've compared FirePro D500 with Radeon HD 6250, including specs and performance data.
D500 outperforms HD 6250 by a whopping 4386% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 484 | 1432 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.77 | 0.89 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | Cedar |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 18 January 2014 (11 years ago) | 31 January 2011 (14 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 cores | 1536 | 80 |
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 292 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 19 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 69.60 | 5.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.227 TFLOPS | 0.104 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 96 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 384 KB | 16 KB |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | 128 KB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 279 mm | 168 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1270 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 243.8 GB/s | 8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 260−270
+4233%
| 6
−4233%
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FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
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1−2
+0%
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Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
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1−2
+0%
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
+0%
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3−4
+0%
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| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
+0%
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7−8
+0%
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| Valorant | 24−27
+0%
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24−27
+0%
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Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 12−14
+0%
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12−14
+0%
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
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1−2
+0%
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| Dota 2 | 9−10
+0%
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9−10
+0%
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
+0%
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3−4
+0%
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| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
+0%
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7−8
+0%
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| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
+0%
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5−6
+0%
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| Valorant | 24−27
+0%
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24−27
+0%
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Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
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1−2
+0%
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| Dota 2 | 9−10
+0%
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9−10
+0%
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
+0%
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3−4
+0%
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| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
+0%
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7−8
+0%
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| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
+0%
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5−6
+0%
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| Valorant | 24−27
+0%
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24−27
+0%
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1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 2−3
+0%
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2−3
+0%
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| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
+0%
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2−3
+0%
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1440p
Ultra
| Escape from Tarkov | 2−3
+0%
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2−3
+0%
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
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| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
+0%
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1−2
+0%
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4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
+0%
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14−16
+0%
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| Valorant | 1−2
+0%
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1−2
+0%
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4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2
+0%
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1−2
+0%
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4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
+0%
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2−3
+0%
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This is how FirePro D500 and HD 6250 compete in popular games:
- FirePro D500 is 4233% faster in 1080p
All in all, in popular games:
- there's a draw in 27 tests (100%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 9.87 | 0.22 |
| Recency | 18 January 2014 | 31 January 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 19 Watt |
FirePro D500 has a 4386.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
HD 6250, on the other hand, has 1342.1% lower power consumption.
The FirePro D500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6250 in performance tests.
Be aware that FirePro D500 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 6250 is a desktop one.
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