ATI FireGL V5100 vs Radeon R7 250

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking853not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.10no data
Power efficiency2.96no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameOlandR423
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Designreferenceno data
Release date8 October 2013 (11 years ago)1 May 2004 (21 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores384no data
Core clock speedno data450 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHzno data
Number of transistors950 million160 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate25.205.400
Floating-point processing power0.8064 TFLOPSno data
ROPs812
TMUs2412
L1 Cache96 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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 1.0 x16
Length168 mm211 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsN/ANone

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1150 MHz350 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s22.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+-
CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
DDMA audio+no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectXDirectX® 129.0b (9_2)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 October 2013 1 May 2004
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm

R7 250 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 250 and FireGL V5100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R7 250 is a desktop graphics card while FireGL V5100 is a workstation one.

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