AMD FirePro S7100X vs AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7100X and AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM 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: 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro S7100X

AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7100X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB

Launch date	25 May 2016 vs 8 January 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 3 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Around 28% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 723 MHz
Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Around 28% better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7100X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Name	AMD FirePro S7100X	AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1283.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	315.677
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3583
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3339

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S7100X	AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Amethyst	Tahiti
Launch date	25 May 2016	8 January 2013
Place in performance rating	751	755
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2048
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	118.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		274 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5