AMD FirePro S7150 vs AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7150 and AMD Radeon R9 260 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

AMD FirePro S7150

AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7150

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 91% higher texture fill rate: 117.6 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 1792 vs 896
Around 91% better floating-point performance: 3,763 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3770 vs 3048
4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4359 vs 971
4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4359 vs 971

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2016 vs 21 December 2013
Texture fill rate	117.6 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 896
Floating-point performance	3,763 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3770 vs 3048
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4359 vs 971
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4359 vs 971

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 76% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 30% higher memory clock speed: 6500 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 508 vs 414
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1980 vs 583
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1980 vs 583

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	508 vs 414
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1980 vs 583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1980 vs 583

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7150
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3770

3048

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

414

508

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4359

971

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

583

1980

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4359

971

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

583

1980

Name	AMD FirePro S7150	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	3770	3048
PassMark - G2D Mark	414	508
Geekbench - OpenCL	27136
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	27.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	570.969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	23.637
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6147
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4359	971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	583	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6147
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4359	971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	583	1980

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S7150	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Tonga	Bonaire
Launch date	1 February 2016	21 December 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,399
Place in performance rating	657	659
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,763 gflops	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1792	896
Texture fill rate	117.6 GTexel / s	61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	85 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	2,080 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
Length	241 mm	183 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	104.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	6500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5