AMD FirePro S4000X vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S4000X and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 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: 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro S4000X

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S4000X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 99% higher texture fill rate: 31 GTexel / s vs 15.6 billion / sec
13.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 48
6.4x better floating-point performance: 992.0 gflops vs 156 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 90 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 900 MHz

Launch date	7 August 2014 vs 23 October 2008
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s vs 15.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	640 vs 48
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops vs 156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 90 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

2.2x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 725 MHz

Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 725 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S4000X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

Name	AMD FirePro S4000X	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	478.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	34.934
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	92.567
PassMark - G3D Mark		330
PassMark - G2D Mark		79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2239
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2239

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S4000X	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Venus	G94
Launch date	7 August 2014	23 October 2008
Place in performance rating	1438	1435
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	775 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	1625 MHz
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops	156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	640	48
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s	15.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	90 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	505 million
CUDA cores		48
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Two Dual Link DVIHDTV
Dual-link DVI support
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	MXM-A
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA