AMD FirePro S9000 vs AMD Radeon HD 6950

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9000 and AMD Radeon HD 6950 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: 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9000

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• Around 43% higher texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 70.4 GTexel / s
• Around 27% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1408
• Around 43% better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 2,252.8 gflops
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 350 Watt vs 500 Watt
• 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
• 4.4x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1250 MHz
• Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5059 vs 2602
• Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 561 vs 445
• Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.886 vs 1.659
• Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3707 vs 2523
• Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3707 vs 2523

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

• Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 16.999 vs 9.541
• 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 899.056 vs 275.278
• Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.698 vs 30.049
• 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 251.203 vs 91.842
• 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 11657 vs 3357
• 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 11657 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6950

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	5059 2602
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	561 445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9.541 16.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	275.278 899.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.886 1.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	30.049 49.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	91.842 251.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3707 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 11657
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3707 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 11657

Compare specifications (specs)