AMD FirePro S9050 vs ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9050 and ATI Radeon X1800 GTO² 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 X1800 GTO²

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9050

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 80% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 500 MHz
16.8x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 512 MB
5.6x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 990 MHz
34.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4901 vs 141

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 August 2014 vs 1 March 2006
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4901 vs 141

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 415 vs 369

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	415 vs 369

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9050
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4901

141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

369

415

Name	AMD FirePro S9050	ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²
PassMark - G3D Mark	4901	141
PassMark - G2D Mark	369	415
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 X1800 GTO²
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Tahiti	R520
Launch date	7 August 2014	1 March 2006
Place in performance rating	362	377
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1792
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	321 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
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	264 GB / s	31.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3