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 |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | AMD FirePro D500 | AMD Radeon HD 6970 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 11 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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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 |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
CrossFire |