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.
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 2834
- Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 561 vs 429
- 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 2834 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 561 vs 429 |
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 |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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Name | AMD FirePro S9000 | AMD Radeon HD 6970 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 5059 | 2834 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 561 | 429 |
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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 | 696 | 697 |
Type | Workstation | Desktop |
Design | AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series | |
Price now | $94.99 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 48.01 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
DisplayPort count | 1 | |
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Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 11 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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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 |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
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