AMD FirePro S9300 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9300 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM 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, 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 823 MHz
26x more texture fill rate: 2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 85.25 GTexel / s
7.1x more pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 1152
6.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 6,963 gflops vs 2,046 gflops
5.3x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 1536 MB

Launch date	31 March 2016 vs 22 August 2012
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 823 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 85.25 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 4096 vs 1152
Floating-point performance	2x 6,963 gflops vs 2,046 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 1536 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 300 Watt
5.6x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9300 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Name	AMD FirePro S9300 X2	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	27971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		32.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1021.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.143
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		56.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		67.697
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3325
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S9300 X2	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Capsaicin	GK104
Launch date	31 March 2016	22 August 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,999
Place in performance rating	849	852
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	823 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 6,963 gflops	2,046 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 4096	1152
Texture fill rate	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec	85.25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	8,900 million	3,540 million
Boost clock speed		888 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	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 512.0 GB / s	134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 4096 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	5600 MHz
Memory type	HBM	GDDR5