Data Center GPU Max 1550 vs FireStream 9250

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking775not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.38no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Generation 12.5 (2021−2023)
GPU code nameRV770Ponte Vecchio
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date16 June 2008 (16 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores80016384
Core clock speed625 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1600 MHz
Number of transistors956 million100,000 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt600 Watt
Texture fill rate25.001,638
Floating-point processing power1 TFLOPS52.43 TFLOPS
ROPs16no data
TMUs401024
Tensor Coresno data1024
Ray Tracing Coresno data128

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Width1-slotOAM Module
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR3HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed993 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth63.55 GB/s3,277 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 DVINo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.16.6
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 June 2008 10 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 600 Watt

FireStream 9250 has 300% lower power consumption.

Data Center GPU Max 1550, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 450% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FireStream 9250 and Data Center GPU Max 1550. We've got no test results to judge.


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