AMD FirePro S9100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD FirePro S9100

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9100

Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 131.8 GTexel / s vs 109 billion / sec
Around 54% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1664
Around 8% better floating-point performance: 4,219 gflops vs 3,920 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
714.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Texture fill rate	131.8 GTexel / s vs 109 billion / sec
Pipelines	2560 vs 1664
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops vs 3,920 gflops
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 824 MHz
5.1x lower typical power consumption: 148 Watt vs 750 Watt

Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 824 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	148 Watt vs 750 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Name	AMD FirePro S9100	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark - G3D Mark		9636
PassMark - G2D Mark		768
Geekbench - OpenCL		28478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		489.884
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3626

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S9100	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Hawaii	GM204
Launch date	2 October 2014	19 September 2014
Place in performance rating	not rated	362
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Price now		$407.76
Value for money (0-100)		28.59
Technical info
Core clock speed	824 MHz	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops	3,920 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	1664
Texture fill rate	131.8 GTexel / s	109 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	750 Watt	148 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	5,200 million
Boost clock speed		1178 MHz
CUDA cores		1664
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 6-pins
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
SLI options		4x
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB / s	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround