AMD FirePro S9100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 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 980

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9100

Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
714.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Pipelines	2560 vs 2048
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 980

Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 131.8 GTexel / s
Around 18% better floating-point performance: 4,981 gflops vs 4,219 gflops
4.5x lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 750 Watt

Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec vs 131.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	4,981 gflops vs 4,219 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 750 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Name	AMD FirePro S9100	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark - G3D Mark		11112
PassMark - G2D Mark		791
Geekbench - OpenCL		34898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		110.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1348.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		37.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		477.015
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		474

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S9100	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
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	379
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Price now		$605.06
Value for money (0-100)		21.18
Technical info
Core clock speed	824 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops	4,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	2048
Texture fill rate	131.8 GTexel / s	144 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	750 Watt	165 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	5,200 million
Boost clock speed		1216 MHz
CUDA cores		2048
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
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
VGA аnalog display support		1
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		1
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.2
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
BatteryBoost
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
Surround