AMD FirePro S9300 X2 vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9300 X2 and AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9300 X2

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 37.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 59.2 GTexel / s
  • 8x more pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 1024
  • 7.4x better floating-point performance: 2x 6,963 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
Launch date 31 March 2016 vs 13 March 2015
Texture fill rate 2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 4096 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 2x 6,963 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
Maximum memory size 2x 4 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 4.8x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70535 vs 27971
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 850 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 70535 vs 27971

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9300 X2
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
27971
70535
Name AMD FirePro S9300 X2 AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Geekbench - OpenCL 27971 70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 27566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 27566

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro S9300 X2 AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Capsaicin Pitcairn
Launch date 31 March 2016 13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $5,999
Place in performance rating 841 163
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 850 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 6,963 gflops 1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2x 4096 1024
Texture fill rate 2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec 59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 8,900 million 2,800 million
Boost clock speed 925 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 2x 512.0 GB / s 153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 4096 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type HBM GDDR5