AMD FirePro W9000 videocard review

AMD FirePro W9000

FirePro W9000 videocard released by AMD; release date: 14 June 2012. At the time of release, the videocard cost $3,999. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Tahiti.

Core clock speed - 975 MHz. Texture fill rate - 124.8 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 2048. Floating-point performance - 3,994 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 4,313 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 350 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 6 GB. Memory bus width - 384 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 264 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38574
6138
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
720
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
84.462 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1734.394 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
8.988 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
86.984 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
460.234 mHash/s
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 6138
PassMark - G2D Mark 720
Geekbench - OpenCL 31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 84.462 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 1734.394 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 8.988 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 86.984 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 460.234 mHash/s

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Tahiti
Launch date 14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $3,999
Place in performance rating 347
Type Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 975 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,994 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 2048
Texture fill rate 124.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 Watt
Transistor count 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 279 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 264 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5