AMD FirePro S9170 vs NVIDIA Quadro M5000

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9170 and NVIDIA Quadro M5000 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).

AMD FirePro S9170

NVIDIA Quadro M5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9170

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 861 MHz
Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 163.7 GTexel / s vs 132.9 GTexel / s
Around 38% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2048
Around 23% better floating-point performance: 5,238 gflops vs 4,252 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 8 GB

Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 861 MHz
Texture fill rate	163.7 GTexel / s vs 132.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2816 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	5,238 gflops vs 4,252 gflops
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 8 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M5000

Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 275 Watt
Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9170
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro M5000

Name	AMD FirePro S9170	NVIDIA Quadro M5000
PassMark - G3D Mark		9361
PassMark - G2D Mark		658
Geekbench - OpenCL		29510
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		99.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1183.119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		7.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		53.364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		498.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		12524
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12524
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3324

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S9170	NVIDIA Quadro M5000
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	350
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,856.99
Price now		$1,498
Value for money (0-100)		7.47
Technical info
Core clock speed	930 MHz	861 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,238 gflops	4,252 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2816	2048
Texture fill rate	163.7 GTexel / s	132.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	5,200 million
Boost clock speed		1038 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DVI-I DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo, 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort
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	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1 x 6-pin
SLI options		1
Width		2" (5.1 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	6612 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256 Bit
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
ECC (Error Correcting Code)
High-Performance Video I/O6
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management