AMD FirePro S9300 X2 vs NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9300 X2 and NVIDIA Quadro K4000M 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).

AMD FirePro S9300 X2

NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 41% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 601 MHz
46.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 48.08 GTexel / s
8.5x more pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 960
12.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 6,963 gflops vs 1,154 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 4 GB
5.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27971 vs 5326

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 March 2016 vs 1 June 2012
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 601 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 48.08 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 4096 vs 960
Floating-point performance	2x 6,963 gflops vs 1,154 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	27971 vs 5326

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

3x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 300 Watt
2.8x more memory clock speed: 2800 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	2800 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9300 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

27971

5326

Name	AMD FirePro S9300 X2	NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
Geekbench - OpenCL	27971	5326
PassMark - G3D Mark		1961
PassMark - G2D Mark		304
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		10.054
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		544.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		22.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		36.553
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3855
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		4957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3855
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		4957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4470

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S9300 X2	NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Capsaicin	GK104
Launch date	31 March 2016	1 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,999
Place in performance rating	852	845
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	601 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 6,963 gflops	1,154 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 4096	960
Texture fill rate	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec	48.08 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	8,900 million	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 512.0 GB / s	89.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 4096 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	2800 MHz
Memory type	HBM	GDDR5
Shared memory		0