AMD FirePro S9300 X2 vs AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9300 X2 and AMD Radeon HD 8790M 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD FirePro S9300 X2

AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
102.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 21.6 GTexel / s
21.3x more pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 384
20.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 6,963 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
5.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27971 vs 4806

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 March 2016 vs 1 April 2013
Texture fill rate	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 4096 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2x 6,963 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	27971 vs 4806

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8790M

4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9300 X2
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

27971

4806

Name	AMD FirePro S9300 X2	AMD Radeon HD 8790M
Geekbench - OpenCL	27971	4806
PassMark - G3D Mark		1306
PassMark - G2D Mark		751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		80.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2014
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1607

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S9300 X2	AMD Radeon HD 8790M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Capsaicin	Mars
Launch date	31 March 2016	1 April 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,999
Place in performance rating	852	855
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 6,963 gflops	691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 4096	384
Texture fill rate	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec	21.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt
Transistor count	8,900 million	1,040 million
Boost clock speed		850 MHz
Compute units		6
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 512.0 GB / s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 4096 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	HBM	GDDR5
Shared memory		0