AMD FirePro S9170 vs NVIDIA Quadro M4000

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9170 and NVIDIA Quadro M4000 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 S9170

NVIDIA Quadro M4000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9170

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 773 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 163.7 GTexel / s vs 80.39 GTexel / s
Around 69% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 1664
2x better floating-point performance: 5,238 gflops vs 2,573 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 8 GB

Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 773 MHz
Texture fill rate	163.7 GTexel / s vs 80.39 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2816 vs 1664
Floating-point performance	5,238 gflops vs 2,573 gflops
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 8 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M4000

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 275 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9170
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro M4000

Name	AMD FirePro S9170	NVIDIA Quadro M4000
PassMark - G3D Mark		6680
PassMark - G2D Mark		673
Geekbench - OpenCL		18372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		65.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		732.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		17.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		217.357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6291
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3332
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6291
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3332
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		680

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S9170	NVIDIA Quadro M4000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Hawaii	GM204
Launch date	8 July 2015	29 June 2015
Place in performance rating	not rated	534
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$791
Price now		$765.93
Value for money (0-100)		10.68
Technical info
Core clock speed	930 MHz	773 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,238 gflops	2,573 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2816	1664
Texture fill rate	163.7 GTexel / s	80.39 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	5,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DisplayPort, DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo
Multi-display synchronization		Quadro Sync
Number of simultaneous displays		4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1 x 6-pin
SLI options		1
Width		1" (2.5 cm)
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model		5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
High-Performance Video I/O6
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management