RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell vs FireStream 9250

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FireStream 9250 and RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FireStream 9250
2008
1 GB GDDR3, 150 Watt
2.63

PRO 5000 Blackwell outperforms FireStream 9250 by a whopping 3702% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking8341
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.4126.90
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Blackwell 2.0 (2025−2026)
GPU code nameRV770GB202
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date16 June 2008 (17 years ago)18 March 2025 (less than a 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 cores80014080
Core clock speed625 MHz1590 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2617 MHz
Number of transistors956 million92,200 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate25.001,151
Floating-point processing power1 TFLOPS73.69 TFLOPS
ROPs16176
TMUs40440
Tensor Coresno data440
Ray Tracing Coresno data110
L1 Cache160 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KBno data

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
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 16-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 typeGDDR3GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount1 GB48 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed993 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth63.55 GB/s1.34 TB/s
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectors1x DVI4x DisplayPort 2.1b

API and SDK support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.8
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.4
CUDA-12.0
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

FireStream 9250 2.63
RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 100.00
+3702%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FireStream 9250 1164
Samples: 2
RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 45357
+3797%
Samples: 1

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 2.63 100.00
Recency 16 June 2008 18 March 2025
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 300 Watt

FireStream 9250 has 100% lower power consumption.

RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell, on the other hand, has a 3702.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 16 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1000% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell is our recommended choice as it beats the FireStream 9250 in performance tests.

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