AMD FirePro S9050 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9050 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 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

ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9050

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 743 MHz
8.5x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
5.6x more pipelines: 1792 vs 320
6.8x better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 512 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1656 MHz
7.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4901 vs 660

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 August 2014 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 743 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 320
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4901 vs 660

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 215 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 397 vs 369

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	215 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	397 vs 369

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9050
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4901

660

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

369

397

Name	AMD FirePro S9050	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	4901	660
PassMark - G2D Mark	369	397
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	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tahiti	R600
Launch date	7 August 2014	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	362	375
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	743 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops	475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1792	320
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s	11.89 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	254 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	264 GB / s	106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3