AMD FirePro S9010 vs AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9010 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD FirePro S9010

AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9010

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 725 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition

Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 151 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S9010	AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Tahiti	Cypress
Launch date	24 August 2012	21 August 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	151 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	2,154 million
Floating-point performance		2,088 gflops
Pipelines		1440
Texture fill rate		52.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	4000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5