AMD FirePro S9300 X2 vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9300 X2 and ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition 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.

AMD FirePro S9300 X2

ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 650 MHz
213.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 10.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 512 MB

Launch date	31 March 2016 vs 10 September 2006
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

2x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9300 X2
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Name	AMD FirePro S9300 X2	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
Geekbench - OpenCL	27971
PassMark - G3D Mark		151
PassMark - G2D Mark		466

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S9300 X2	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	R500
Code name	Capsaicin	R580+
Launch date	31 March 2016	10 September 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,999
Place in performance rating	852	328
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 6,963 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2x 4096
Texture fill rate	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt
Transistor count	8,900 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 512.0 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 4096 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	HBM	GDDR4