AMD FirePro S7000 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7000 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 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, 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).

AMD FirePro S7000

ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 743 MHz
6.4x more texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1280 vs 320
5.1x better floating-point performance: 2,432 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1656 MHz
6.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4524 vs 660
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 705 vs 397

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 August 2012 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 743 MHz
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4524 vs 660
PassMark - G2D Mark	705 vs 397

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 215 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	215 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4524

660

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

705

397

Name	AMD FirePro S7000	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	4524	660
PassMark - G2D Mark	705	397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	52.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1275.287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	66.159
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	271.967

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S7000	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Pitcairn	R600
Launch date	27 August 2012	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,249	$399
Place in performance rating	399	375
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz	743 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops	475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1280	320
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s	11.89 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort count	1
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 1.0 x16
Length	292 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3