AMD FirePro S9300 X2 vs ATI Radeon X600 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9300 X2 and ATI Radeon X600 SE 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD FirePro S9300 X2

ATI Radeon X600 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 325 MHz
1705.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 500 MHz

Launch date	31 March 2016 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 500 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 SE

8.3x lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 300 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9300 X2
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600 SE

Name	AMD FirePro S9300 X2	ATI Radeon X600 SE
Geekbench - OpenCL	27971
PassMark - G2D Mark		229
PassMark - G3D Mark		49

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S9300 X2	ATI Radeon X600 SE
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Rage 9
Code name	Capsaicin	RV370
Launch date	31 March 2016	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,999
Place in performance rating	805	802
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 6,963 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	2x 4096
Texture fill rate	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	8,900 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x 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	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 512.0 GB / s	4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 4096 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	HBM	DDR