AMD FirePro S10000 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S10000 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (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).

AMD FirePro S10000

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S10000

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 700 MHz
9.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
2.6x more pipelines: 4096 vs 2x 800
3x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,405 gflops vs 2x 1,120.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2x 1 GB
Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 3600 MHz
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4768 vs 1309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 November 2012 vs 12 August 2008
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines	4096 vs 2x 800
Floating-point performance	2x 3,405 gflops vs 2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2x 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4768 vs 1309

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 286 Watt vs 750 Watt
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 565 vs 502

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	286 Watt vs 750 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	565 vs 502
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3323 vs 3321
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3323 vs 3321

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S10000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4768

1309

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

502

565

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3321

3323

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3321

3323

Name	AMD FirePro S10000	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	4768	1309
PassMark - G2D Mark	502	565
Geekbench - OpenCL	30631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	73.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.978
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7867
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3621
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3321	3323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7867
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3621
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3321	3323

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S10000	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tahiti	R700
Launch date	12 November 2012	12 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,599	$550
Place in performance rating	439	440
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	825 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 3,405 gflops	2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	4096	2x 800
Texture fill rate	2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	750 Watt	286 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	305 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	480 GB / s	2x 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5