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
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 January 2014 vs 14 December 2010
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 274 Watt vs 550 Watt
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 5080 MHz vs 1375 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 49.776 vs 18.676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1063.081 vs 920.398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.568 vs 1.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 65.789 vs 52.219
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6020 vs 5372
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
  • Around 98% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35739 vs 18062
  • 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
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 84.5 GTexel / s vs 69.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 2,703.4 gflops vs 2,227 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 35739 vs 18062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3349

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
18062
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
Name AMD FirePro D500 AMD Radeon HD 6970
Geekbench - OpenCL 18062 35739
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 49.776 18.676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1063.081 920.398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.568 1.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 65.789 52.219
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6020 5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3685 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6020 5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3685 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 3358
PassMark - G3D Mark 2832
PassMark - G2D Mark 428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 273.175
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro D500 AMD Radeon HD 6970

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 3
Code name Tahiti Cayman
Launch date 18 January 2014 14 December 2010
Place in performance rating 693 695
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $369
Price now $94.99
Value for money (0-100) 48.01

Technical info

Core clock speed 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,227 gflops 2,703.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1536 1536
Texture fill rate 69.6 GTexel / s 84.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 274 Watt 550 Watt
Transistor count 4,313 million 2,640 million
Boost clock speed 880 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 279 mm 267 mm
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 243.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5080 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire