AMD FirePro S9000 vs AMD Radeon HD 6970

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9000 and AMD Radeon HD 6970 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.

AMD FirePro S9000

AMD Radeon HD 6970

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9000

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 84.5 GTexel / s
Around 17% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1536
Around 19% better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 2,703.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 57% lower typical power consumption: 350 Watt vs 550 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
4x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1375 MHz
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5059 vs 2832
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 561 vs 428
Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.886 vs 1.835

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 August 2012 vs 14 December 2010
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s vs 84.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops vs 2,703.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt vs 550 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1375 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5059 vs 2832
PassMark - G2D Mark	561 vs 428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.886 vs 1.835

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970

Around 96% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 18.676 vs 9.541
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 920.398 vs 275.278
Around 74% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.219 vs 30.049
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 273.175 vs 91.842

Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.676 vs 9.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	920.398 vs 275.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	52.219 vs 30.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	273.175 vs 91.842
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716 vs 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716 vs 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6970

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5059

2832

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

561

428

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9.541

18.676

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

275.278

920.398

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.886

1.835

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

30.049

52.219

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

91.842

273.175

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3707

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3707

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3358

Name	AMD FirePro S9000	AMD Radeon HD 6970
PassMark - G3D Mark	5059	2832
PassMark - G2D Mark	561	428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.541	18.676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	275.278	920.398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.886	1.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.049	52.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	91.842	273.175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3707	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3707	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3358
Geekbench - OpenCL		35739
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5372
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S9000	AMD Radeon HD 6970
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 3
Code name	Tahiti	Cayman
Launch date	24 August 2012	14 December 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,499	$369
Place in performance rating	694	695
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Price now		$94.99
Value for money (0-100)		48.01
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops	2,703.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1792	1536
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s	84.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	550 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	2,640 million
Boost clock speed		880 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	1
Dual-link DVI support
DisplayPort support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 2.0 x16
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	264 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1375 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire