AMD FirePro S9050 vs AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9050 and AMD Radeon R5 235X 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, 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 - 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 S9050

AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9050

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 875 MHz
14.4x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
11.2x more pipelines: 1792 vs 160
11.5x better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 1 GB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
17.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4901 vs 277
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 369 vs 202

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 August 2014 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 875 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 160
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4901 vs 277
PassMark - G2D Mark	369 vs 202

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

12.5x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9050
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4901

277

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

369

202

Name	AMD FirePro S9050	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	4901	277
PassMark - G2D Mark	369	202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	68.324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1463.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.491
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	91.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	344.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	13032
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	13032

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S9050	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Tahiti	Caicos
Launch date	7 August 2014	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	362	829
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	875 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops	280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1792	160
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s	7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	254 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	264 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3