AMD FirePro D500 vs AMD Radeon HD 6970

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro D500 and AMD Radeon HD 6970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D500

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• 2x lower typical power consumption: 274 Watt vs 550 Watt
• Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
• 3.7x more memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 1375 MHz
• 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 49.776 vs 18.676
• Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1063.081 vs 920.398
• 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.568 vs 1.835
• Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.789 vs 52.219
• Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6020 vs 5372
• Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6020 vs 5372

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970

• Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 84.5 GTexel / s vs 69.6 GTexel / s
• Around 21% better floating-point performance: 2,703.4 gflops vs 2,227 gflops
• 2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35739 vs 17777
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3685
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3685

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro D500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6970

Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	17777 35739
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	49.776 18.676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1063.081 920.398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.568 1.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	65.789 52.219
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6020 5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3685 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3349 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6020 5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3685 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3349 3358

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